List Of Gov’t Agencies ICPC Says Are Most Corrupt

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday released the list of agencies of the Federal Government that it described as most corrupt.

The  ICPC scorecard for the rating of Ministries, Departments and Agencies ( MDAs) said about 260 were successfully rated.

However, the report shows that 52 agencies scored zero in the ranking, meaning they did not respond to enquiries on them.

The agencies were thus marked as “High Corruption Risk (HCR)” by the commission and “flagged for the attention of the public and for further inquiries and actions.”

Notable among them are the Federal Ministry of Education, Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, National Judicial Institute, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, National Bureau of Statistics and the National Pension Commission.

Others are: Centre for Women Development, Court of Appeal, National Gallery of Arts, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, National Population Commission and National Environmental Standards Regulations Enforcement Agency.

The agencies also include: Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, National Centre For Disease Control, National Broadcasting Commission, National Hospital, National Examination Council, Minna, Universal Basic Education Commission, Federal Civil Service Commission, National Boundary Commission and the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria.

Also on the list of non-compliant MDAs are Council for Regulation Of Engineering in Nigeria, National Agricultural Seeds Council, Kwali, Nigeria, Social Insurance Trust Fund, and the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron.

In the report seen by press, the Ministry of Power scored below the integrity and ethics pass mark of 50 as the ministry got a total score of 46.15 and closely followed by the ministry of finance with a score of 42.45, 37.25 and 35.60 respectively. Also, ministries of Niger Delta Affairs, Information and Health got a total score of 42.10.