Constituency Projects Tracking: ICPC Recovers Equipment, Machineries In 12 States

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has disclosed that the commission has recorded huge success in recovery of abandoned constituency projects in 12 states across Nigeria.
Chairman of the commission, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye,who stated this yesterday during a  town hall meeting on ‘My Constituency, My Project’, in collaboration with National Orientation Agency (NOA), held in Birnin Kebbi, said, many equipment and machineries were recovered from where they were kept.
The Chairman, who was represented by Mr Akibu Garba from Sokoto State office of the commission, explained that, a lot of abandoned projects were completed since ICPC intervention in 2019 when it launched the first phase of constituency projects tracking.
“The exercise also led to the recovery of equipment and machineries meant for the benefit of ordinary people which were kept away and were not distributed. Many of such has been distributed to beneficiaries and have since being put to use.
“In the process as well, ICPC recovered money for government from those who did not execute the project and performed or inflated the cost of projects. This year, the commission will continue tracking projects as the second phase is about to commence”.
He added that the scope of the tracking of constituency projects has been widen to include projects specifically developed and implemented by the Executive arm of government.