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The Impartial Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee (ICPC) has recognized poor wages for wage earners and the shortage of integrity amongst public officers as main causes of corruption in Nigeria.
The ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Aliyu, made this identified throughout a gathering with members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Northern Zone, which was attended by media executives from varied print, digital, and new media shops throughout the 19 Northern states.
Talking on the occasion, Dr. Aliyu highlighted the fee’s achievements, together with the restoration of ₦20 billion from ghost staff and pension-related fraud.
He urged journalists to uphold skilled integrity, fact-check their studies, and keep away from compromising moral journalism. He additionally sought media collaboration in exposing monetary crimes and circumstances of sexual harassment in each private and non-private establishments.
The Deputy President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and Director of Information, Federal Radio Company of Nigeria (FRCN), Husseina Akila, known as for a sustained partnership between the ICPC and the media to reinforce the fee’s effectiveness.
Equally, Abdullateef Abubakar, Editor-in-Chief of Solace Base, Kano, and Gbenga Aruleba of a personal tv station, urged the ICPC to strengthen preventive measures in opposition to the mismanagement of public funds, significantly in constituency tasks.
Different editors and media executives on the assembly recommended Dr. Musa Aliyu’s management, acknowledging his dedication to tackling corruption since assuming workplace.
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