{"id":73509,"date":"2025-08-18T16:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73509"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:23:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:23:36","slug":"punishment-alone-not-enough-to-fight-corruption-says-icpc-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/18\/punishment-alone-not-enough-to-fight-corruption-says-icpc-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Punishment Alone Not Enough to Fight Corruption, Says ICPC Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Musa Aliyu, says Nigeria\u2019s anti-corruption fight requires more than punishment to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a roundtable with Attorneys-General from the North-East in Maiduguri, Aliyu described corruption as a \u201cstubborn challenge\u201d that undermines the economy, fuels insecurity, and erodes public trust.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that punitive measures, though important, must be complemented with asset recovery, stronger institutions, and enhanced regional cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>The event, themed \u201cInstitutional Integrity and Regional Cooperation,\u201d is part of ICPC\u2019s engagements across the country\u2019s geopolitical zones. Aliyu commended the Borno State Judiciary for its reforms, describing them as a model of institutional integrity necessary to curb graft.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that building resilient systems and fostering collaboration remain crucial to advancing a corruption-free Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Musa Aliyu, says Nigeria\u2019s anti-corruption fight requires more than punishment to succeed. Speaking at a roundtable with Attorneys-General from the North-East in Maiduguri, Aliyu described corruption as a \u201cstubborn challenge\u201d that undermines the economy, fuels insecurity, and erodes public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":73510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73511,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73509\/revisions\/73511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}