The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu has initiated a collaboration with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to strengthen ties and align efforts to rid Nigeria of corruption in the public sector.
This collaboration was agreed on when the Chairman of ICPC in the company of the management team of the Commission, paid a courtesy visit on the Acting Chairman of CCB, Barrister Murtala Kankia in Abuja.
Speaking at the occasion, Dr. Aliyu stated that the visit was borne out of the desire of the Commission under his leadership to work with relevant stakeholders to achieve giant strides in the federal government’s renewed hope agenda of fighting corruption.
ICPC boss further stressed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had an honest commitment to the fight against corruption and that this could be achieved through collaboration and partnership with the CCB, which he described as the most powerful and important anti-corruption agency in Nigeria recognised and mentioned in the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
The Acting Chairman of CCB, Barrister Kankia stated that the visit was a step in the right direction as the fight against the menace of corruption required cooperation and understanding as displayed by the ICPC Chairman and his team.
He expressed the readiness of the Bureau to continue to forward relevant cases to ICPC as it had always done based on findings in carrying out their assignment on assets evaluation and assessments of public servants.
Barrister Kankia concluded by calling on ICPC to work with the Bureau in the aspects of trainings especially on investigation as that will equally help them in their work.
Editor: Ena Agbanoma
