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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is ahead other sister agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy by the latest ranking of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission’s (ICPC) for compliance to ethics and integrity.
The telecoms regulator’s rating is contained in the recently released Ethics Compliance and Integrity Scorecard (ECIS), 2020 by the ICPC, one of Nigeria’s corruption watchdog.
NCC scored 81.15% to lead three other agencies under the ministry ranked under intra-ministerial agencies’ rating in ethics compliance and institutional integrity.
Ranked next to the NCC is the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) with a score of 74.05%. The third spot went to Nigeria Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) with a score of 31.9%. The IT regulatory agency, National Information Technology development Agency (NITDA) with 17.65% score was ranked as fourth.
The NCC ranking on the 2020 Scorecard, covering between July and September 2020 in 352 MDAs, underscores the ethical culture and high standards of integrity, which characterize the operations and regulatory activities of the telecoms regulator.
The report similarly strengthens its strategic role as a member of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU), the federal government’s vanguard for promoting ethics and ensuring compliance to ethical codes within the Nigerian public sector.
As the internal anti-corruption and transparency mechanism put in place within the commission to improve the integrity of internal processes for better service delivery, the ACTU has been instrumental to the implementation of ICPC’s framework for promoting an ethical environment.
“The ranking by ICPC, in addition to demonstrating NCC’s commitment to the orderly growth and development of the Nigerian telecommunications industry, underscores the commission’s strategic role as a key enabler of positive change within Nigeria’s socio-economic landscape.”
The ECIS was developed by the ICPC in line with its proactive and preventive mandate under the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 to reinforce its drive to strengthen integrity, accountability and transparency in the public service.
The ECIS is deployed annually in selected government ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to measure how MDAs comply with ethical, integrity, statutory, regulatory and policy standards and requirements. The goal is to diminish corruption risk, improve ethics and integrity benchmarks and improve service delivery.
