Financial Autonomy: ICPC to begin monitoring use of local government funds

As the federal government finalises plans to disburse funds directly to the 774 local governments in Nigeria, the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) announced on Thursday its plan to begin monitoring the utilisation of the funds.

The commission disclosed the plan during the launch of an initiative for the implementation of the tracking in Abuja on Thursday.

The project, Accountability and Corruption Prevention Programme (ACPP-LG), aims to track and stop the embezzlement…