ICPC assigns A’Ibom people group on observing body electorate projects
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) has entrusted Akwa Ibom individuals to check out observing voting public undertakings sited in their networks.
The ICPC Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Mr Shola Shodipo, said this in Uyo on Wednesday at a limit building workshop.
The workshop with the topic; “Say No Campaign, to Deepen Local Oversight and Budget Tracking at the Grassroots Level”, was supported by MacArthur Foundation.
Shodipo told the members that until they took responsibility for projects situated in their networks, it is hard to screen such activities.
He said that legislators were not humanitarians, as a large number of them acquired a great deal of cash to support their races and might want to recover while in office, henceforth the need to follow body electorate projects.
Shodipo clarified that it was basic for residents to successfully screen voting public undertakings in their networks.
He said that activities were not blessings or gifts to networks by political agents however had a place with the residents.
“The point is to spread advancement to all little hiding spots of the country through the intercession of individuals’ delegates in the assembly who expectedly ought to be in line with their zones of need.
“Take guarantee that activities conveyed are sturdy and of the correct quality. Take responsibility for projects by showing interest in the choice, execution and use.
“You ought to, subsequently, work with them to ensure projects mirror your necessities,” he said.
Shodipo said that the ICPC lobby labeled: My Constituency, My Projects activities dispatched in 2019 was to remediate noticed breaches in the execution of voting public undertakings.
Prior, in his invite address, Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, facilitators of the proogramme asked the residents to engage in undertaking checking as doing so would guarantee responsibility.
Nwagwu asked Akwa Ibom individuals to guarantee legitimate observing of tasks sited inside their networks.
One of the members, Mrs Joy Okoye, encouraged government organizations to disclose proposed projects for simple observing.
