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| ICPC Chairman, Ekpo Nta |
The Chairman of Independent
Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta, has disclosed that the
commission was investigating a state governor for alleged diversion of bailout
funds meant for the payment of workers’ salaries. He spoke when he hosted students
of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS in Abuja.
“Last year, 27 states got bailout
funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. We decided to go into
collaboration with the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, to monitor the movement
of the funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria to the final destination. One
state, where bailout funds were moved to three different accounts, is being
investigated and we will soon publish the outcome of our investigations,” Nta
said.
He explained that the commission
relied on petitions from members of the public to investigate allegations of
corruption, because it did not have access to early financial intelligence. He
said by law, only the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had such
access.