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July 13, 2019
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC has vowed to monitor the implementation of constituency projects by federal and state legislators nationwide to prevent fraud and abandonment.
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The Commission said it has uncovered projects intwelve states of the federation which some legislators earmarked forimplementation as constituency projects, saying that funds had been releasedfor the projects which have been abandoned.
ICPC’s Chief Superintendent Okwong Miriam Eseannounced this in Jos at the flag-off of “I Follow The Money” Project held atthe Permanent Site of the University of Jos, Plateau State.
She explained that ICPC partners with “I Follow TheMoney” Project, a Non-Governmental Organisation to mobilise student and youngpeople in the country to monitor the performance of their representatives ingovernment and uncover corrupt practices within and outside government.