The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Constituency and Executive Project Tracking Group (CEPTG), says it is tracking projects worth N1.6 billion in Sokoto State.
The Team Leader, Sa’idu Yahaya, disclosed this while inspecting the renovation and equipping of a laboratory at the Federal Government College, Sokoto, on Thursday, 2nd September.
According to him, the exercise is part of the third phase of ICPC constituency and executive projects tracking slated for 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Mr. Yahaya said that the committee was composed of members from the ICPC, Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyor (NIQS), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Media and Executing Agencies.
They are to monitor and track the performance of constituency and executive projects and value work done, as well as identify the contractual sum and contractors, unearth payments made, identify the status and persons behind the projects.
It was also learned that the team will also track contracting companies for all statutory regulatory compliance, including tax obligation and ascertain the value and impact of the projects for the various communities, where they were established.
The team leader, who is also the Head of Investigation Unit, ICPC Sokoto office, added that the third phase of the tracking would also focus on projects executed under the 2019 and 2020 appropriation act.
In the first two phases conducted by the team in 2019 and 2020 across projects in Sokoto and Kebbi states, over N4 billion projects were tracked.
