Blue Economy Ministry Inaugurates Anti-corruption/Transparency Unit

Kasim Sumaina in Abuja 

To ensure the objective of preventing and checkmating corruption within the system, members of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) at the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy have taken oaths of compliance.

At a brief ceremony held in the ministry, the Head of the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Nkem Ezenwa, administered the Oath of Allegiance to the Marine and Blue Economy ACTU Unit Team.

At the inauguration, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Oloruntola Olufemi called on the new MM&BE ACTU members to exhibit zero tolerance for corruption and any other offensive practices which is related to financial embezzlement within the established system of the ministry.

To champion this crusade, Oloruntola said that transparency begins with the members and thus implored the members to seize the opportunity and the trust installed in them to discharge their duties diligently. 

His words: “Shun any malpractice act that would compromise the integrity of your office in the course of this task assigned to you.”

Also speaking, the Chairman of ICPC, Musa Aliyu, represented by the Acting Director, of the System Study and Review Department (SSR), Olusegun Adigun, commended the ministry for supporting the establishment of ACTU, a platform of ICPC instituted across MDAs to curb corruption in the workplace.

“It is hoped that with the inauguration, the unit will be empowered to deliver on its mandate, including periodic sensitization of staff on corruption issues, developing and reviewing of ethics for staff and compliance with the same, among others,” he said.

The ICPC Chairman also presented the ACTU operational manual to the Permanent Secretary to guide the ministry’s ACTU members.

Chairman of the MM&BE ACTU, Oliver Chukwu, in his inaugural address, assured that the team was committed to upholding the highest standards and integrity in the ministry.