The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, Musa Aliyu, disclosed during the launch of the commission’s 2024-2028 strategic action plan in Abuja on Wednesday that over ₦13 billion in diverted public funds was recovered in September 2024 alone.
Aliyu did not disclose where exactly these funds were recovered from but he emphasized how hard the agency has been working to fulfil its mandate.
“Over the past year, the ICPC has made significant progress in discharging its mandate; for example, we recovered over ₦13 billion in diverted public funds in September 2024 alone. This is just one of the many ways we have worked tirelessly to fulfil our mandate,” Aliyu said.
Speaking further he noted that prevention is better than cure, he said the ICPC has intensified efforts to identify institutional and administrative vulnerabilities through System Studies and Corruption Risk Assessments.
“We have also continued to engage with the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Units (ACTUs) in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), reinforcing our grassroots monitoring mechanisms.”
He also disclosed that the agency is decentralising its anti-corruption effort by empowering state governments through the mobilisation of State Attorneys General.
