CODE, ICPC To Strengthen Tracking Of Constituency Projects In Kaduna

A Pan-African NGO, Connected Development (CODE) and the Independence Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have agreed to strengthen working synergy on tracking the delivery of constituency projects in Kaduna State.

CODE’s team-lead in the state, Mr Abubakar Mohammed, said during a courtesy visit to the ICPC commissioner in Kaduna yesterday that the synergy would ensure quality delivery of constituency projects in the state.

Mohammed explained that with support from the MacArthur Foundation, CODE was tracking the delivery of constituency projects across the 23 local government areas of the state.

He said the constituency projects were being tracked under a project tagged, “Deepening Citizens’ Interest in Government Spending and Addressing Accompanying Corrupt Practices (DeSPAAC).”

Earlier, the project assistant, CODE, Zaraphat Haruna, had explained that the organisation was established in 2012 to empower marginalised communities to demand for quality goods and services from the government.

Haruna said CODE was achieving this by creating platforms for dialogue and building citizens’ capacity to hold their government accountable through its “Follow The Money” initiative.

Responding, the ICPC resident anti-corruption commissioner, Mr Hassan Mohammed, said the commission had taken the tracking of constituency projects very seriously.