The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced the tracking of 72 constituency and executive projects in Katsina State.
The projects were claimed to had gulped about N2.1 billion.
Assistant Chief Superintendent (ACS) Buhari Bello made this known on Wednesday in Katsina.
According to him, the commission is tracking the 72 constituency projects worth N2,100,888,628.37 across the three senatorial districts in the state.
He added that the exercise, which is going on in 17 states, is under phase three.
It would check how well money allocated by the government to critical sectors is utilized, he said.
“The Commission is focusing on education, health, agriculture, water resources, power, roads, and also empowerment.
“The first phase of the exercise was held in 2019 in 12 states and the FCT, while the second was in 2020 across 16 states,” the official disclosed.
“The previous phases led to the recovery of assets worth billions of Naira to the government, return of equipment to communities for whom they were meant.
“Also, about 300 contractors returned to sites and completed hitherto shoddily done or abandoned projects.
“The exercise led to the revelation that some projects were excellently and completely executed,” Bello explained.
Meanwhile, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has begun phase three tracking of over 118 Executive and Constituency projects worth N4.5 billion in Yobe.
Mr. Laban Emmanuel, ICPC Team Leader in the state, disclosed this on Thursday in Damaturu.
He said the tracking started on August 31 and would be concluded on September 12.
Emmanuel said projects to be monitored were scattered across 11 local government areas of Fika, Potiskum, Gashua, Jakusko, Nguru, Fune, Yunusari, Yusufari, Gujba, Bursari, and Karasuwa.
He said the team of trackers comprised ICPC officials, quantity surveyors, journalists, and Civil Society Organisations.
Emmanuel said the same exercise was going on in Katsina, Kano, Sokoto, Adamawa, Plateau, Kogi, Benue, Ondo, Osun, Lagos, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Edo, Anambra, and the Imo States as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
ICPC, in a recent statement by its Spokesperson, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, said project tracking was initiated by the commission in 2019.
She said the exercise focused on how well money allocated to critical sectors of education, health, agriculture, water resources, and power, among other sectors, were utilized.
“The first phase of the exercise was held in 2019 in 12 states and the FCT and saw the tracking of 524 projects.
“The second phase in 2020 had about 822 projects tracked in 16 states.
“The first two phases led to the recovery of assets worth billions of Naira to the government and return of equipment to communities for whom they were meant.
“Also, about 300 contractors returned to the site and completed hitherto shoddily done or abandoned projects,” she said.
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