Abia inaugurates accountability, anti-corruption steering committee

The Abia State Government has inaugurated the state’s Strategy for Integrity, Accountability and Anti-Corruption Steering Committee, with a complaint to its members to instantly commence implementation of the state’s anti-corruption framework.

The committee, according to the authorities government, was formed to deepen transparency, accountability and bully governance crossed the nationalist assemblage of the state.

Inaugurating the committee successful Umuahia connected Wednesday, the Abia State Head of Service, Mr Benson Ojeikere, mandated the committee to guarantee integrity and accountability crossed the nationalist service.

Ojeikere noted that the members are expected to supply argumentation direction, show implementation progress, code emerging challenges and guarantee that the objectives of the committee are achieved.

In his speech, the Abia State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ikechukwu Uwanna, SAN, represented by the Abia State Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary, Paul Ogubunka, described corruption arsenic a large situation confronting the nationalist work successful the country.

Earlier, the Abia State Programme Coordinator of the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) Programme, Mr Peter Omenka, said the steering committee would collaborate with anti-corruption agencies, civilian nine organisations, ministries and MDAs to beforehand the a...