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Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) have declared the National Lottery Trust Fund (NLTF), as the best-performing Federal Government Agency in accountability.
ICPC and BPSR, in their separate annual reports, stated that NLTF emerged the best agency with the record of zero tolerance for corruption and strict compliance with due process.
They further described the NLTF as the overall best-performing agency in terms of resource management.
According to the BPSR, at the end of its 2022 Self and Validation assessments and in-depth analysis of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), it discovered that the NLTF’s operations, processes and systems performance was 75.24 per cent, and therefore emerged a Gold Level organisation that exceeds expectations.
BPSR revealed that during assessment of the various MDAs, it was found to be the best and overall agency in essential areas of responsibility and quality of work, as well as resources accountability.
”During our 2022 Self-assessment Tool (SAT) to the Management of the National Lottery Trust Fund Head office in Abuja, what we discovered during the exercise was quite impressive and encouraging,” Ibrahim Dasuki, Director General of the Bureau was quoted as saying during the award presentation to Dr Bello Maigari, Executive Secretary of the NLTF.
Dasuki analysed and explained the NLTF performance constantly exceeded expectations in all essential areas and was therefore, adjudged to be above average.
Also, the ICPC during its second national summit against graft, tagged “Diminishing Corruption in Public Service and 20th Anniversary of the ICPC” with the theme: “Together Against Corruption, ” presented awards to NLTF as the second best among MDAs with zero tolerance for corruption and strict compliance with due process.
”ICPC ethics, intergrity and compliance score card among 360 federal agencies assessed by the anti-graft commission found NLTF as the second best agency with zero tolerance for corruption and due process “.
The anti-graft agency recognised the Maigari- led administration for judicious utilisation of agency’s resources; and on that note, the ICPC awarded it the second best agency among MDAs with due process record and zero tolerance for corruption.
“Dr. Bello Maigari, no doubt, is one of the few most highly-respected and intellectual personalities saddled with the responsibility of overseeing critical government agencies, such as the NLTF.
”Because of Maigari’s leadership, achievements and track records in discharging good governance, the Federal Government commends the agency for its remarkable progress in rural water supply and sanitation across the country.”
The foregoing commendation was made by the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Mr Zaphaniah Jisalo, during official commissioning of motorised Boreholes in 15 communities in Benue State.
According to the Minister, the Federal Government is absolutely impressed with the agency’s performance on delivering good outcomes and interventions in spite of the dwindling global economy and with meagre resources./PLEASE SHARE
