ICPC revives Anti-Corruption Volunteer Corps, gives criteria for membership

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