The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has entered into a strategic partnership with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to intensify efforts against corruption in the administration of the Defined Benefit Pension Scheme (DBS).
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) formalising the collaboration was signed by PTAD Executive Secretary Tolulope Odunaiya and ICPC Chairman Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN. The agreement sets out a clear framework for joint action, focusing on monitoring, investigation, and prevention of corrupt practices within the federal pension system.
Mrs Odunaiya described the signing as a demonstration of both agencies’ unwavering commitment to integrity and transparency.
“The MoU reflects our collective determination to fight pension-related corruption within the DBS, strengthen governance standards, and ensure accountability to every pensioner and stakeholder,” she said. “By leveraging our combined strengths, we will enhance our capacity to prevent, detect, and prosecute offences in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.”
Dr Aliyu, reinforcing the importance of the partnership, praised PTAD’s growing use of digital systems to manage pension data and pledged ICPC’s prosecutorial expertise to ensure accountability.
“Combining PTAD’s increasingly digitised database with the investigative and prosecutorial powers of the ICPC creates a formidable force,” he said.
The ICPC Chairman also lauded Mrs Odunaiya for her leadership in strengthening anti-corruption safeguards, noting that the collaboration reflects both agencies’ responsibility to uphold transparency, protect pensioners’ rights, and promote good governance.
