Stealing Is Not Corruption - ICPC Chairman

 

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commissions (ICPC) Chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta, has reiterated his view that “stealing is not corruption.”

According to him, the controversy emanating from the definition of corruption is as a result of a long entrenched misunderstanding of the vice:

“If you don’t know what you are fighting then you might be busy fighting other things and thinking you are addressing the problem,

“If I walk into your office and I say that I have been sent by the president that this contact you are about to award must be awarded to me and now drop his card or the president’s card on the table. This is also an offence under corrupt practice.”

Nta reiterated that the major function of the ICPC is to check abuse of office by public office holders and government officials. Stealing, he said, falls under the criminal code and should be reported to the police.