ICPC recovers N120 million for Adamawa state

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered the sum of N120 million from Adamawa state Commercial farmers loan scheme.

This was disclosed by state Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, at the commissioning of the new state Office complex of the commission, through Deputy Governor Chief Crowther Seth, stating the commission had helped the state recover the money. 

The governor commended ICPC, stating that the introduction of various governance reforms, especially the establishment of Anti-Corruption and Transparency Units in MDAs, has ensured that public officials observe due process in the conduct OG government affairs. 

He called on ICPC to consider building the capacity of state government officials not only to resist corrupt practices but also to have full grasp of anti-corruption laws and extant regulations to guide their daily official and private transactions.

Honourable chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye (SAN) expressed gratitude to the state government for their support towards the commission, stating that the ICPC was empowered by law to set up offices in the 36 states of the federation. 

He noted that Adamawa state office was the third prototype built office structure to be commissioned after Oyo and Sokoto state offices, adding that Adamawa state office was among the second set of the state offices that were established by the commission in 2007 with a few members of staff in a rented apartment. 

Professor Owasanoye further thanked the former Governor of Adamawa State, Vice Admiral Murtala Nyako who had approved the allocation of the plot of land on which the office edifice was constructed to the Commission in 2012.

Also speaking at the event, the Chairman Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes, Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari, who was represented by Senator Binos Dauda Yaro, thanked the Hon. Chairman and the Board for the bold steps of proper utilization of the Commission’s finances and promised to support the Commission in its effort through appropriation and legislative interventions.

In his goodwill message, the Chairman House of Representative Committee on Anti-Corruption, Hon. Garba Shehu (Sarkin Noma) commended the Governor of the State, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, the Chairman and Board of ICPC for this remarkable feat.