ICPC Tracks N7.5bn Constituency, Executive Projects In Enugu

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission is currently tracking phase 7 Constituency and Executive Projects worth N7.5 billion in Enugu State.

Kweshe B. Asanarimam, Team Leader and Assistant Chief Superintendent Investigation, ICPC, Enugu Office, disclosed this during the tracking of the projects in Enugu on Tuesday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the tracking of constituency and executive projects is an initiative of the commission that began in 2019.

The focus is on how well money allocated to critical sectors of education, health, agriculture, water resources and power among others, by the government are utilised.

Some of the tracked projects include supply of classroom furniture to Community Primary School, Nkwogo, Akpugo in Nkanu West, construction of two classroom blocks at Colliery Primary School Iva Valley and Uwani River Primary School in Enugu South Council Area.

They also included rehabilitation of a dilapidated Central Sewage Plant at University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku Ozalla, Enugu.

Others are TETFUND project of providing 500 Computer Based Test hall with supply of desktop and furniture at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), award of contract for the construction of new terminal building and perishable cargo at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu and many others.

Asanarimam said the essence of the tracking was to ensure that projects were done according to specification, executed as expected and shoddy jobs were traced and contractors go back to abandoned projects.

“At times, projects are being awarded but will not be executed. This is why the commission in its wisdom decided to track awarded projects all over the country.

“In Enugu, we are tracking for 2024 phase 7 project which covers 2022 and 2023 appropriation. It has 30 projects cut across the three senatorial zones of the state,” the team leader said.

He disclosed that the projects were Federal Government and constituency projects attracted by the National Assembly members representing the constituencies, explaining that the exercise started in 2019.

“Our findings from the projects tracked showed that some are well executed and some ongoing while those below specification, the contractors will either refund the money paid or go back to the site.

“We will force them to go back to site,” he said.