The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has commenced the physical tracking and performance audit of constituency projects worth about N657 million across Ekiti State.
The exercise covers 10 projects facilitated by National Assembly members representing the three senatorial districts of the state.
Speaking during the exercise, ICPC Chief Superintendent of Investigation covering Ondo and Ekiti, Andrew Osove, said the initiative was designed to promote transparency, accountability and value for money in public spending.
He said joint teams comprising investigators, engineers and professionals from the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors had been deployed to inspect the projects.
The projects cut across sectors including electricity, water, roads, education, health and agriculture.
Osove said the commission would establish whether the projects had been executed and delivered according to approved specifications.
He stressed that the exercise was not limited to determining whether a project physically existed.
“The ICPC is not just particular about execution of projects. We are also particular about execution of those projects to specification and this is done in order to guarantee value for money,” he said.
According to him, the commission would examine the quality of materials used, the extent of execution and other specifications attached to the projects.
Osove warned contractors against abandoning projects after receiving payments.
“We are in Ekiti today to track 10 projects worth about 650 million naira. The thrust of this exercise, or tracking exercise, is to ensure that National Assembly members and ministers who have been issued contracts to execute projects in communities have actually executed those projects,” he said.
He disclosed that the commission had encountered cases where contractors received contracts but failed to visit project sites.
“Some people actually get contracts and they don’t even go to those sites. That is from the experience in our team and other teams across the country,” he said.
Osove added that where projects were abandoned, contractors could be directed to return to site or the value of the unexecuted work could be recovered.
“Others go, but it’s because those projects are not to specification. And in situations where people don’t execute projects, we either ask them to go back to site and execute them, or we recover the worth of that project,” he said.
He said the exercise would also address cases where projects were executed below approved specifications.
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