They Are Not Corrupt: Arewa Youths Praise Nigeria Government Agencies

• Some Nigeria's government agencies have been lambasted by The coalition of Arewa Youths for Zero Corruption
• The coalition was responding the 2022 Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission's (ICPC) 2022 Integrity Report
• Meanwhile, the coalition also blasted some agencies that the ICPC listed as High Corruption Risk (HCR)

The Coalition of Arewa Youths for Zero Corruption, a think-tank for anti-corruption and transparency with the vision of eradicating corruption in the Nigerian civil and public service has commended Ministries, Parastatals and Agencies for performing exceedingly well in the 2022 Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission's (ICPC) 2022 Integrity Report despite challenges and distractions from within and outside their organisations.

In a press release signed and made available to journalists, the National Coordinator, Mallam Aliyu Bello Mohammed described the high performance of certain ministries, parastatals and agencies they have been monitoring and engaging with as highly exceptional, adding that they have shown to the whole world that a corrupt free Nigeria is possible.

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According to Mallam Aliyu Bello Mohammed "we had expected that agencies such as National Research Institute for Chemical Technology (NARICT), Ministry of Education and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) we be indicted due to the many running battles they had with host communities and stakeholders from within and outside but to our greatest surprise, they complied fully with the ICPC integrity test with outstanding results.

The group however, expressed displeasure with some top government agencies, ministries and agencies that have been listed as High Corruption Risk (HCR) as highlighted by the ICPC in the 2022 Integrity Report released via its Twitter page on the 12th of January 2023.

While commending the President Muhammadu Buhari led government and ICPC for doing a very professional and timely audit into the performance of MDAs, the group insisted that agencies that have failed to comply with the Ethics and Integrity Enquiry and those that performed very poorly in key performance indicators like the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) must be compelled, using all legal instruments available to enforce their compliance. According to the statement "no stone must be left unturned in the fight to finish and eradicate corruption in Nigeria."

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N12.2m fraud: ICPC drags civil defence officer to court for allegedly duping jobseeker

Solomon Ogodo, a superintendent of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has been charged to court for allegedly defrauding a job seeker of the sum of N12.2 million.

This was made known in a statement issued on Thursday, December 8 by the prosecutor, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The alleged NSCDC officer in charge no: CR/503/2022 is facing charges bordering on fraud, forgery, and employment racketeering.

The ICPC at the arraignment of Ogodo at the Federal High Court sitting in Jabi-Abuja said the latter on several occasions has been involved in swindling people's money in the pretense to help secure them a job.

As gathered by Legit.ng, Ogodo was accused of also forging job offer letters to his victims who reached out to him for job offers at the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).

Source: Legit.ng