Kano to establish anti-corruption offices in 44 LGAs

Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission would soon open its offices in all the 44 local government areas of the state, as part of measures to step up the fight against corrupt practices.

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje made this disclosure recently while speaking at an event organised to commemorate the World Anti – Corruption Day, at the Government House, Kano.

The decision is part of efforts to uproot corruption from the grassroots, Ganduje said, adding that unless Nigerians support the ongoing war against corruption at all levels, poverty, social deprivation and infrastructural deficiency would continue in the society.

According to Ganduje, plans have been concluded to establish a due process agency to ensure probity and accountability in public procurement processes, while a SERVICOM directorate has been established in the state civil service to improve governance and public service delivery.

The governor further said the Kano State Board of Internal Revenue was reformed recently “with a view to blocking the leakages and attendant corruption in tax assessment and collection.”

He charged the residents of the state to give maximium support to the Commission to enable it successfully execute its mandate.

In his remarks, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado, chairman, Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, decried the damage done by corruption to societies, and thanked Governor Ganduje for reinvigorating Commission and for allowing it to function without political interference.

On his part, the acting EFCC chairman, Ibrahim Mustapha Magu, represented by David Iloyanomon, stressed the commitment of his agency to extend its facilities to the Kano State government and its local government councils as well as well-meaning individuals to eliminate corruption.