National Anti-Corruption Volunteer Corps (NAVC), a citizen’s
mobilization platform for anti-corruption volunteers initiated by the
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission
(ICPC), has been revived.
At the re-inauguration of the Delta and Abia State chapters, ICPC
Chairman, represented by National Coordinator of NAVC, Mike Sowe,
explained that ICPC, was disbanded some years ago because some state
chapter coordinators turned it into a para-military organization,
carrying out indiscriminate arrests and interrogation and detention.
He said the volunteer corps had been re-branded and restructured in
such a way that there would be checks and safeguards at the local
government, state and national levels.
His words: “The Commission has come out with modalities that would serve as the new operational guidelines for volunteers.
“They will go a long way in repositioning NAVC to help ICPC play its
pivotal role in the fight against corruption in Nigeria, thus paving the
way for a corruption-free society.”
“The mission for establishing the Corps was to create opportunities
for partnership with individuals and groups towards the eradication of
corruption in Nigeria”, he added.
Criteria for the enlistment of interested members of the public are
as follows: “Individuals must belong to professional bodies, organized
groups and faith-based organizations.
“Applicants are eligible if they possess the following; must be
literate and have a minimum of a Senior School Certificate, gainfully
employed with verifiable source of income, and at least 25 years old”.
New state coordinators for Delta and Abia chapters, Comrade Frank
Omoile Onyeka and Rev. Blessed Amalamba, respectively assured the
Commission of their readiness to work according to operational
guidelines of the new NAVC
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