February 18, 2025

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ICPC Inaugurates NDDC’s Anti-Corruption, Transparency Unit

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Edith CHUKU

 

 

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission ICPC, has inaugurated new members of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit, ACTU.

 

 

This was contained in a release made available to TNN by the Director, Corporate Affairs, Ibitoye Abosede.

 

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Speaking during the inauguration at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, the ICPC Chairman, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, commended what he described as, “the critical role played by the NDDC in intervening to solve the socio-economic challenges of the Niger Delta region.”

 

 

 

The ICPC Chairman, who was represented by the Zonal Commissioner for Rivers and Bayelsa states, Mrs. Ekere Usiere, noted that the NDDC anti-corruption unit was an initiative of the anti-corruption agency aimed at tackling corrupt practices and entrenching transparency in public service.

 

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He stated that, “the main duties of ACTU are to undertake periodic sensitisation of staff; system study and review of corruption-prone processes and procedures, develop a code of ethics or conduct including corruption prevention guidelines for staff.”

 

 

In his remarks, the NDDC’s Acting Managing Director, Engr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, who spoke on the reason for the inauguration of the committee, said it was, “in a bid to transform the Commission, I set up the Committee to work with the ICPC to ensure that ethics and values are maintained in the Commission.”

 

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Audu-Ohwavborua, who was represented by the Director, Human Resources, Dr. Woyengibaragha Alazigha, posited that the NDDC has set up a conducive environment to ensure that the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit functions effectively.

 

 

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