Budget Tracking : CHRICED Solicits for More Support from ICPC
By Abdullahi Jalalalluden
The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education CHRICED has solicited for more support from the the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ICPC in ensuring a robust budget Tracking for the well being and the Nation.
The Senior Program Officer Mr Omoniyi Adenoye disclosed this when he lead the management team of CHRICED who paid a courtesy call to ICPC’s office in Kano.
He said the objectives of the visit was to solicit for more support geared towards ensuring that constituency projects were being tracked to ensuring effective service delivery.
” We acknowledged your support and sacrifice you have doing to ensure that we achieved our mandates ,we must commend your tireless efforts and we solicit for more”
Mr Omoniyi Adenoye noted that more efforts needed be implored in ensuring adequate tracking of the constituency projects,he express dismay on how some projects were misappropriated ,saying such trend must be monitored.
“Imagine five hundreds million Naira was been used to build a palace for a traditional ruler , while Nigerians are hungry? This is ridiculous “
He added that the Budget Padding Saga is also a disturbing trend which has to be tackled with upmost care.
In his remark the Resident Anti Corruption Commissioner Barrister Ibrahim Garba appreciate the visit and vows to accord all the needed support to CHRICED geared towards achieving the stated goals.
” We are ever ready to assist you with all the needed information with a view to curtail the menace of corrupt practices and other related Offences “
Ibrahim Garba added that for success to be achieved all hands needed to be put on deck without any bias or selfish interest .
