By Adenitan Akinola
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission, ICPC, has underscored the role of the Mass media in ensuring a result oriented fight against corruption in Nigeria.
The ICPC Commissioner for Osun State, Mr Ademola Bakare stated this while addressing newsmen in Osogbo.
Mr Bakare argued that the pivotal role of the media to inform and educate the people placed it at a vantage position for any societal rebirth and reorientation through information dissemination, a development which he identified was key to building a young generation of descent citizens.
He appealed to the Media to see itself as an institution imposed with sacrosanct and constitutional mandate of supporting relevant agencies such as the ICPC in the fight against corruption in Nigeria.
According to ICPC boss one of its core mandate is to monitor federal government projects and ensure it block all leakages that resulting to corruption, a function through which it monitored projects worth over nine hundred million naira in Osun State alone, including Constituency projects of lawmakers and some executive projects.
The duties of the Commission are contained in section 6 (a-f) of the Act 2000. This section confers 3 main responsibilities on ICPC. In summary, they are:
“To receive and investigate reports of the conspiracy to commit, attempt to commit or actual commission of offence(s) as prescribed by the Act 2000 and in appropriate cases prosecute the offender(s).
“Also to examine and review corruption-prone systems and procedures of public bodies, with a view to eliminating or minimizing corruption.
“To educate and enlighten the public on and against corruption and related offences with a view to enlisting and fostering public support in fighting” he stated.
On the japa syndrome, where many Nigerian Youths are moving out the country in search of greener pasture abroad ,ICPC commissioner said Nigeria was better country saying youths travelling out the country are doing so because get -quick-rich syndrome.
His words “Yes we hear about the Japa syndrome by many Nigerian especially the Youths but their mission is just to make quick money .Nigeria is good country we all need to make it better so moving out of the country is never a solution but all hands must be on deck to fight corruption and possibly eradicate it .
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