ICPC rates NiMet high on anti-corruption, ethics

By Dirisu Yakubu

ABUJA- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission, ICPC, has lauded the Nigerian Metrological Agency, NiMet, for its tough stand in the promotion of ethics aimed at discouraging corrupt practices and behaviour.

This is even as the commission commended the agency for creating the right environment for the effective functioning of the Anti-corruption and Transparency Unit, ACTU, in line with the mandate of the ICPC.

A letter personally signed by the ICPC Chairman, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, scored the agency 69.9 percent during the 2020 deployment of the Ethics and Compliance Scorecard and the ACTU Effectiveness Index, AEI.

“Recall that the commission, under section 6(b)…