The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC has raised the alarm that money to fix Nigeria is in the country, but being stolen on daily basis and made possible through pervasive systemic or malignant corruption in the country.
According to ICPC, on electronic transactions alone, N24trillion has been transacted between January to June this year , which is always about N50trillion yearly, adding that Corruption in Nigeria is highly systemic or malignant by being carried out in most of the government owned agencies , particularly the revenue generating ones .
Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja as Guest Speaker at the 2 – day Capacity – Building Workshop organized for members of the House of Representatives Committee on Anti – Corruption and Military Officers by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies ( NILDS) , Chairman of ICPC, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye declared declared that from 19 of such agencies, he disclosed , ICPC intercepted N181million attempted to be diverted or stolen by corrupt public officers between January and June this year, saying â€