In a decisive move to end the culture of corruption and waste plaguing Nigeria’s digital governance space, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have launched a Joint Task Force on Digital Governance and Anti-Corruption. The new body aims to tackle the growing corruption risks associated with government IT projects and to enforce the IT Project Clearance mandate that many public institutions have long ignored.
The announcement came during a courtesy visit by NITDA’s Director General, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, to the ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The partnership, both agencies said, is a direct response to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which envisions a $1 trillion economy powered by transparency, innovation, and the elimination of corruption as a barrier to progress.
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Joint Task Force Targets Rogue IT Contracts and Institutional Waste
Over the years, Nigeria has reportedly lost billions of naira to failed, duplicated, and abandoned government IT projects—many of which were executed without due clearance from NITDA. Such unregulated spending has led to inflated costs, poor service delivery, and widespread public distrust in the government’s digital transformation efforts.
The newly formed Joint Task Force will combine NITDA’s technical oversight with ICPC’s investigative and prosecutorial powers to ensure that all Federal Public Institutions (FPIs) comply with established clearance processes. It will monitor, evaluate, and sanction defaulting agencies, while embedding NITDA’s monitoring instruments into ICPC’s anti-corruption frameworks such as the System Study & Review and the Ethics & Integrity Scorecard.
According to NITDA’s Director General, Kashifu Inuwa, the IT Project Clearance process serves as a national safeguard to prevent waste and ensure that every digital investment by the government delivers measurable value to Nigerians. He emphasized that the process was designed to track IT spending, reduce duplication, and promote synergy across ministries, departments, and agencies.
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ICPC Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, welcomed the collaboration, noting that corruption in IT procurement has become one of the most overlooked but damaging forms of public sector abuse. He vowed that the Commission would enforce accountability, ensuring that both contractors and public officials face the full weight of the law when they undermine due process.
Both leaders reaffirmed that the Joint Task Force marks a turning point in Nigeria’s digital governance history. They said the collaboration would not only enforce compliance but also ensure that technology becomes a true tool for national progress rather than a new frontier for corruption.