The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education CHRICED has solicited more support from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ICPC in ensuring a robust budget Tracking for the well-being and the Nation.
The Senior Program Officer Mr Omoniyi Adenoye disclosed this when he led the management team of CHRICED and paid a courtesy call to ICPC’s office in Kano.
He said the objective of the visit was to solicit more support geared towards ensuring that constituency projects were being tracked to ensure effective service delivery.
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“We acknowledged your support and sacrifice you have done to ensure that we achieved our mandates, we must commend your tireless efforts and we solicit for more”
Mr Omoniyi Adenoye noted that more efforts needed to be implored in ensuring adequate tracking of the constituency projects, he expressed dismay at how some projects were misappropriated, saying such trends must be monitored.
“Imagine five hundred million Naira was been used to build a palace for a traditional ruler, while Nigerians are hungry? This is ridiculous ”
He added that the Budget Padding Saga is also a disturbing trend that has to be tackled with the utmost care.
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In his remark, the Resident Anti Corruption Commissioner Barrister Ibrahim Garba appreciated the visit and vowed to accord all the needed support to CHRICED geared towards achieving the stated goals.
“We are ever ready to assist you with all the needed information to curtail the menace of corrupt practices and other related Offences”
Ibrahim Garba added that for success to be achieved all hands needed to be put on deck without any bias or selfish interest.