NCC listed among agencies on ICPC Integrity Scorecard

Africa Press-Nigeria

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has been ranked highest in terms of compliance to ethics and integrity among other sister agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy.

The outstanding performance of NCC is contained in the recently released Ethics Compliance and Integrity Scorecard (ECIS), 2020 released by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission’s (ICPC).

DAILY POST gathered that with a total score of 81.15 per cent, the Commission topped the list among three other agencies under the Ministry, which featured in the intra-ministerial agencies’ ranking in ethics compliance and institutional integrity.

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) emerged second with a total score of 74.05 percent; Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) came third with a score of 31.9 per cent while the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) occupied the fourth position with 17.65 per cent.

The report underscores NCC’s critical role as a member of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU), which is the Federal Government’s vanguard for promoting ethics and ensuring compliance to ethical codes within the Nigerian Public sector. As the internal anti-corruption and transparency mechanism put in place within the Commission to improve the integrity of internal processes for better service delivery, the ACTU has been instrumental to the implementation of ICPC’s framework for promoting an ethical environment.

NCC ranking on the 2020 Scorecard, which was deployed between July and September 2020 in 352 MDAs is a testament to the ethical culture and high standards of integrity, which characterize the operations and regulatory activities of the Commission.