ICPC Recovers 95 Vehicles From Sure-P

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has recovered 95 vehicles from various government officials after the winding down of the activities of the defunct Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (Sure-P) by the current administration. The chairman of the anti-graft agency, Barr.EkpoNta revealed this when the House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Corruption visited the agency to inspect the seized vehicles as part of its oversight duties.According to the spokesperson of the ICPC, RasheedatOkoduwa, speaking, while conducting the members round the seized vehicles, the ICPC chairman,Nta, explained that the recovery of the vehicles was an indication of the firm resolve of the Commission to tackle the various manifestation of corrupt practices perpetrated by some government officials.He further stated that 40 of them were recovered from some Retired officials of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources.Earlier, while receiving the visitors, the ICPC chairman had said that preventing corruption is a major objective of the mandate of the Commission which was also the thrust of what it was doing.Nta defined corruption as an opportunistic crime since people tend to abuse opportunities which then lead them to engage in corruption and therefore, advocated the elimination of such opportunities.
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