Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have commenced the tracking of about 250 constituency projects in Kwara State.

In a statement by the spokesperson of the commission , Rasheedat Okoduwa said the tracking is in the ongoing second phase of the constituency and executive projects tracking exercise in 16 states of the Federation.

According to the statement the commission is tracking projects executed between 2015 and 2019 at the total contracts sum of N4.1 billion spread across the three Senatorial Districts of the state.

It explained that the objectives of the tracking exercise is to investigate fraudulent procurement practices in the award of contracts for constituency and executive projects.

The statement added that the commission would ensure recoveries on projects or contracts confirmed to have been inflated or in which contractors under-performed or did not perform at all.

Source:FRCN