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ICPC, FMOT inaugurate Shippers' Council's ACTU
...manifest zero tolerance anti-corruption - Jime

 Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission, ICPC, and Federal Ministry of Transportation has inaugurated the Anti Corruption and Transparency Monitoring Unit, ACTU, of the Nigerian Shippers' Council, NSC in Lagos.

ACTU is the ICPC initiative in charge of carrying out system check, investigation and prevent corruption in government ministries and agencies. 

The Chairman,  ACTU, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Oliver Chukwu said the Minister of Transportation, Mu'azu Jaji Sambo said "The Minister of Transportation, Mu'azu Jaji Sambo is in support of all what you are doing. Whatever it takes to support the fight against corruption, the Ministry will support you in all aspects of it. The Minister said I should tell you to keep it up. 

He said "On my own part as the Chairman of this unit, I also support what you're doing. I want to say that they need training particularly training from ACAN or any training organized by Lagos office here. The fight for corruption is not an easy thing. Personally, at a point at the Ministry, people were calling me policeman. At a point, people were planning evil against me. It took the Grace of God to make me to survive," 

Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers' Council, NSC, Emmanuel Jime said that the Council's mission statement is in consonance with the initiative.  He charge members of the unit to shun giving and receiving of bribes in the course of discharging their duties. 

"This programme is to inaugurate the Shippers' Council staff who has been cleared and approved by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related and Offences Commission to become members of ACTU in the council.

"You will agree with me that in the public service, government employees are regarded as representatives of the government of the day and therefore is expected to manifest the attitude of zero tolerance anti-corruption as advocated by the government. 

He emphasised that "For us at the NSC, our mission statement that promotes an effective and efficient transport economic regulatory system that would contribute to the economic growth of the nation has imposed on us additional requirement of higher integrity in order to achieve our mission of becoming the nation's foremost regulator. 

"I congratulate the inductees and remind them that the task ahead of them is enormous and I have no doubt that they would deliver on this additional assignment if trust given to them.

I challenge them to always remember to be honourable, don't give, don't take bribe," 

The Resident Commissioner, ICPC, Lagos State, Kabir Elelu said that the unit which would replicate the activities of ICPC in the Shippers' Council noted that aside from the conventional functions of the Commission which is to probe corrupt practices among others, it also prevents corruption from happening.

"I will call on the members to live by example. It's an herculean one. To whom much is given, much is expected and to have been found worthy of membership which was thoroughly screened, it calls for a responsibility. ACTU reports directly to the CEO in all MDAs and it also provides that funds for the activities of the unit should be in the budget of every year. For these reasons, the Chairman and members of the unit should please take full advantage of this by ensuring that they carry out all the mandate of ICPC to best of their ability. It is only by reporting. Of course, they can report or even with call for an investigation if there's something wrong somewhere. Another function to carry out is to prevent corruption from happening and educate the public against corruption," he said. 

The Chairman, ACTU, Nigerian Shippers' Council, NSC, Adaku Victoria Okam, while delivering her acceptance speech said, "I believe we will bring special perspective on ACTU activities and sustain a corruption free organization. We can do it. As a member of this unit, we wish to assure the organization NSC, our support organ, ICPC under which framework ACTU draws it's standing other and our supervisory Ministry, FMOT that we are together not only by ACTU activities but by the nationwide fight against corruption which is also a global agenda."