ICPC uncovers warehouse with empowerment items meant to be shared to youth and women two years ago

The Impartial Corruption Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee (ICPC) mentioned it has uncovered a warehouse with empowerment gadgets meant to be shared two years in the past to the youth and girls in Oyi/Anayamelum Federal Constituency in Anambra State.

 

In keeping with the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) the ICPC made the invention through the ongoing Constituency and Government Tasks Monitoring Train within the state.

The company mentioned it has it on good authority that the gadgets had been saved in a warehouse allegedly belonging to the lawmaker.

The gadgets, which had been purchased in 2019 and 2020, included grinding machines, stitching machines, driers, clippers, amongst others.

The ICPC officers, who visited the constituency for checks with the listed beneficiaries, disclosed that they’d not obtained the gadgets and all efforts to entry the warehouse had been pissed off by the lawmaker’s brokers.

The officers, who pleaded anonymity, mentioned they had been denied entry to the warehouse after three makes an attempt because of the reluctance on the a part of the lawmaker`s workforce to take them to the ability.

“Now we have the listing of the meant beneficiaries however these we known as mentioned they didn’t obtain the gadgets,” the officers mentioned.

The ICPC workforce additionally mentioned no person was round to point out them the proof of the agricultural electrification undertaking awarded by way of Tasks Improvement Company.

In Ogbaru Federal Constituency, the anti-graft brokers mentioned they had been in a position to confirm that practical solar-powered streetlights had been put in in Okpoko and Umunankwo.

In Orumba North and South, the ICPC officers additionally verified the donation of an 18-seater bus to a neighborhood in Akpu as authorized for the lawmaker in 2019.

Within the Anambra North Senatorial Zone, the ICPC officers verified and interacted with some market ladies who received coaching and a start-up capital of N80,000 every.

The ladies attested that the cash helped them to increase their numerous companies which yielded earnings for his or her households.

Nonetheless in Anambra North, the ICPC officers confirmed that some youth had been skilled on ICT and received N20,000 every as transport fare.

Solely one of many beneficiaries mentioned he received a pc set and a printer, whereas not one of the 22 trainees was paid the N120,000 that was authorized within the invoice of amount

Tricycles had been mentioned to have been distributed to youth however the ICPC officers mentioned no single beneficiary might be produced as proof that the undertaking was executed.

NAN reported that the ICPC was presently on the third section of the monitoring train, which might cowl 18 states.

The ICPC spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, mentioned in an announcement {that a} whole of 1,251 tasks, comprising 1,024 constituencies and 227 government tasks executed beneath the 2019 and 2020 appropriations, had been listed for monitoring.