Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has alleged that there is
corruption in the implementation of the National Social Investment Programme
(N-SIP).
The N-SIP was established in 2016
and coordinated by the office of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo.
Speaking at the 15th anti-corruption
situation room organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda
(HEDA) in Kaduna, on Tuesday, the EFCC chief, who was represented by Wilson
Uwujaren, spokesman of the commission, also said there is corruption in the
implementation of the anchor borrower’s programme coordinated by the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
He said some persons were bagging
sand as fertiliser under the programme.
“The crisis in Nigeria today
boils down to corruption. The EFCC is doing everything possible to ensure that
stolen resources are recovered and returned,” he said.
“Civil society organisations need
to play more active role, especially in the National Social Investment
Programme.
“Corruption has crept into the
implementation of the programme. We want to ensure that we don’t create more
crisis from a crisis situation. In the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, there are
people who are bagging sand instead of fertiliser.”
In January, Nigerianeye reported on
fraud in the N-POWER scheme, a component of the N-SIP; detailing how
beneficiaries connive with officials to abscond from duty.
Two beneficiaries were jailed
after the EFCC arraigned them for fraud, and more than 2,500 beneficiaries have
been removed from the scheme for dereliction of duty.
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