NDIC Board Chairman, Mrs Ronke Sokefun
By Ngozi Onyeakusi—The Chairman of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC)
Board, Mrs Ronke Sokefun has called for stronger collaboration on the
implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (NACS) towards
strengthening the fight against corruption in the country.
Mrs Sokefun made the call in Abuja at a sensitization seminar for Board
and Management of the Corporation facilitated by the National Anti-
Corruption Strategy Secretariat.
The NDIC Chairman said collaboration through effective sensitization on
components of the NACS, particularly the National Ethics & Integrity
Policy, and the Freedom of Information Act would go a long way in
enhancing the buy-in and ownership of the anti-corruption campaign of
the Federal Government amongst top echelons of government agencies.
While stressing the total commitment of the Board and Management of
NDIC to sound corporate governance, Mrs Sokefun said the drive
towards deepening anti-corruption practices in the Corporation informed
the invitation of the NACS secretariat to host the sensitization seminar
for the Board and Management. She added that though the Board and
Management have always strived to uphold the core values of integrity
and professionalism in the discharge of the NDIC mandate, nonetheless,
it would always be a welcome development to learn new and better ways of enhancing the anti-corruption mantra through the instrumentality of
the NACS. NDIC MD/CE who was represented by the Executive Director (Operations), Mal. Mustapha M. Ibrahim commended the initiative of NACS secretariat at embarking on sensitization of board and senior management of agencies on such an important national policy of the government.
In his presentation on the National Integrity Ethics and Integrity Policy,
the Deputy Director, Public Institutions Ethics & Values of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission
(ICPC), Mr John Ode lauded the NDIC Board for being the first institution in both the public and private sector to accept and also take the NACS
sensitization to the board level.
Mr. Ode said the collaboration with NACS and the emergence of NDIC as overall best agency in the 2021 ICPC Ethics & Integrity Scorecard among over 300 public institutions were testament to the Corporation’s
commitment to mainstreaming anti-corruption policies and practices into its operations. Ode who noted that the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACTU) of
the NDIC was the most active among other public institutions charged the Corporation to further imprint its anti-corruption campaign messages
on all its communication channels as a way of reinforcing the conduct of
staff.
Bashir A. Nuhu
Director, Communication & Public Affairs Department