By Linus Aleke, Abuja
The Kano State government has assured the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of maximum cooperation in fight and prevention of corruption in Nigeria, and in Kano State in particular.
Kano State Governor, State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, made this
commitment when the ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN led the management team of the Commission to pay a courtesy call to the governor.
Represented by the Deputy Governor, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, the Governor, expressed delight that Kano State was the first to be visited by the Chairman since his assumption of office.
Spokesperson of the Commission, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, in a statement said, the Governor also applauded the Chairman’s appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This is as the ICPC Adamawa State Election monitoring team arrested two suspects within the vicinity of Yelwa Primary School in Mayo Belwa Local Government Area with the sum of N500,000 suspected to be for vote buying during the bye – elections on Saturday.
In an update at its verified X handle, the Commission said that the suspects are in its custody and investigations are ongoing in collaboration with INEC.
The Spokesperson of the Commission noted that the Kano state governor further commended the government for putting mechanisms such as ICPC and EFCC in place, noting that these have helped to curb impunity in the system.
“It may interest the ICPC management to know that my administration’s zero tolerance on corruption and related tendencies remain sacrosanct, thus in ensuring the successful implementation of this government’s anti-corruption policies, I prioritized a preventive approach without compromising the existing curative mechanisms in the State’s Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC)”, he added.
Earlier, the ICPC Chairman had thanked the Executive Governor for granting the Commission audience, explaining that the Commission had held a Management Retreat in the state, and it was only proper to pay a courtesy call.
The Chairman recalled the previous partnership of ICPC with the Kano State PCACC in the areas of training and sought a continued partnership with the agency in the fight against corruption.
