The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has revealed that no Ministry, Department, or Agency of the Federal Government achieved full compliance in the 2025 Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard.

The Chairman of the Commission, Aliyu Musa, represented by the Director of the System Study and Review Department, Olusegun Adigun, revealed this while presenting the scorecard on Tuesday.

Highlighting the performance of 344 MDAs assessed, he said the results showed that 48 MDAs (13.95%) demonstrated substantial compliance, 132 MDAs (38.37%) recorded partial compliance, 141 MDAs (40.99%) showed poor compliance, and 23 MDAs (6.69%) fell under non-compliance.

“No MDA achieved full compliance. Out of the 344 MDAS assessed, 48 MDAS (13.95%) demonstrated Substantial Compliance, 132 MDAs (38.37%) recorded Partial Compliance, 141 MDAs (40.99%) showed Poor Compliance, and 23 MDAs (6.69%) fell under Non-Compliance. In addition, 13 MDAs (3.64%) from the total 357 MDAs deployed were non-responsive and classified as high-risk MDAs.

“169 MDAs do not have the core values, mission and vision systems for understanding by their staff, and 191 MDAs do not have domesticated policies regarding acceptance of gifts, donations, hospitality, etc., which may create integrity,” he said.

He also noted that 114 MDAs did not submit financial reports to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, 40 MDAs failed to remit internally generated revenue as required, and 75 MDAs did not comply with fiscal responsibility provisions.

“114 MDAs did not render financial reports to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) for the year under review. vii. 40 MDAs did not comply with the need to remit IGR as required by the standard and 75 MDAs did not comply with the fiscal responsibility provisions.

“114 MDAs did not conduct market surveys within the year under review. xiv. 50 MDAs have petitions /ongoing investigations by the ICPC against the organisation or its personnel for infractions or defaults/non-compliance with procurement/recruitment processes.

“With xv. 21 MDAs do not have legal instruments establishing the organisation, and 16 MDAs operate without documents (operational manual) that outline and explain the policies and operations of the organisations, while 24 MDAs do not conduct annual performance reviews and appraisals; therefore, promotion of staff is irregular.”

The ICPC boss noted that while some improvements were observed in financial management, weak administrative systems, poor training, and ineffective ACTUs continue to undermine transparency and accountability in the public sector.

The report highlighted persistent gaps in governance and accountability, including inadequate financial reporting, weak procurement processes, insufficient staff training on ethics and limited implementation of anti-corruption measures such as Whistleblower policies and Anti-Corruption and Transparency Units. (The PUNCH)

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