President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in Dr Musa Adamu as the new Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and that of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Professor Tunji Olaopa, and eleven other members of the commission.
The ICPC chairman served as the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Jigawa State, between 2019 and 2023 while that of the Federal Civil Service Commission is an academic and a former Permanent Secretary.
Speaking to State House reporters after the brief ceremony, the Chairman of the FCSC, Professor Olaopa, said the first charge of the commission under him will be to make a scapegoat of corrupt elements soiling the service’s image.
Olaopa, who said he was disturbed by the situation, added that he will be working with security and law enforcement agencies in the process of redeeming the service’s image.
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“Certainly, it’s very disturbing. The commission, by its conception, is supposed to be a beacon of integrity and those that founded, our predecessors in the glorious days of the service, gave the commission a great name.
“I’m disturbed by the whole cash-and-carry reputation that the commission and for me, we’ll do everything possible, in collaboration with some of the intelligence and security agencies, to make a few scapegoats and communicate a new image for the commission.
“We would all be committed to bringing back values, institutional values, to the public service of Nigeria,” he said.
Also speaking to journalists, the new ICPC chairman, Dr Musa Adamu Aliyu, said he would be leading the commission by example, just as he hopes to work to realise the Tinubu administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
“I’ll abide by the oath of office, and I will discharge my duties under the ICPC Act, to support the Renewed Hope Agenda of Mr President. I want to assure Nigerians and Mr President that I will lead by example and I’ll also live above board and abide by my oath of office,” he said.
