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It had the duty to monitor, and take measures to enforce compliance with the federal character principle. He disclosed that this had resulted to tones of petitions received at the ICPC.

He urged participants to come up with actionable recommendations to reinforce the federal character principle. Tunde Babawale, congratulated the Executive Chairman, FCC and her team for this initiative, and for sponsoring the training programme. He noted that equipping the FCC Board with relevant knowledge and skills in relation to the war against corruption, particularly on setting the right tone to effectively manage the integrity of the Commission, is a very critical and bold step in the right direction.

The Provost disclosed that, the series of lectures put together for this programme have been carefully drawn up to give participants a learning experience and build their capacity to identify corruption red flags and tackle same within their organisations.

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Faculty of Social Sciences. TMA1 Countdown. Fake news in circulation. The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act Act brought a fresh and decisive perspective to the fight against corruption in the form of a holistic approach encompassing enforcement, prevention and educational measures.

It captures in a single document, a host of corrupt offences in their old and sophisticated guises. The Act brings under its purview all Nigerians, in the private and public sectors and even those public officers with constitutional immunity.

In the order set out at section 6 of the Act , the first duty of the Commission is to receive complaints, investigate and prosecute offenders. Other duties reviewing and modifying the systems and procedures of public bodies as well as education of the public and fostering their support in combating corruption.

As provided for in Section 3 3 of the Act , the Commission consists of a Chairman and twelve 12 Members, two of whom represent each of the six geo-political zones of the country.

The membership is drawn from the following categories of Nigerians as spelt out by the Act:. The Act provides that the Chairman and Members of the Commission, who shall be persons of proven integrity, shall be appointed by the President upon confirmation by the Senate and shall not begin to discharge their duties until they have declared their assets and liabilities as prescribed in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The tenure of office for the Chairman is five 5 years while that of the Members is four 4 years in the first instance.

The Act also provides for the position of a Secretary to the Commission who is to be appointed by the President. The Commission is granted the powers to appoint, deploy, discipline and determine the conditions of service of its staff.