ICPC intercepts $300,000 students’ ICT funds in suspicious account

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, revealed that the commission, with the help of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), intercepted and blocked $300,000 meant for students’ Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Aliyu made this disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja during the Centre for Media Policy and Accountability (CMPA) one-day National Policy Dialogue on Anti-Corruption at the ICPC Auditorium.

He stressed the need for synergy among sister agencies to block the excesses of corrupt officials before they are perpetuated.

“It was BPP that gave us an idea because something strange was happening concerning ICT for students. It was then that we had to look properly and make recoveries, blocking $300,000 in one of the accounts, as well as recovering an expensive vehicle,” Aliyu said.

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