Units

Mr. Mustapha Mohammed Lima

ANTI-CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY MONITORING UNIT (ACTU) FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

SERVICE CHARTER

1.0 Preamble                                                                                                           

Transparency and accountability should be the over-riding principle upon which all operations of Government business rest to ensure efficiency and effectiveness on a sustainable basis.

 2.0 Vision

To ensure that the Ministry of Information and Communications and its parastatals attain the enviable position as  the vanguards of transparency and zero tolerance to corruption in the affairs of public service in Nigeria.

3.0 Mission

To sensitize the staff of the Ministry and its parastatals on the negative effect of corruption and lack of transparency on the country’s service delivery, the socio economic well being of our people and our relationship with the outside world; thereby reducing corruption to its barest minimum in the Ministry and its parastatals.

4.0 Mandate

To prevent and investigate reported cases of corruption in the Ministry as well as provide better options of checks and balances in the in operations of the Ministry in accordance with Act 2000 establishing the Unit.

5.0 Our Clients 

      The under-listed bodies constitute our clients:

Federal Ministry on Information and Communications;
Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN);
Nigerian Television Authority (NTA);
Voice of Nigeria (VON);
National Broadcasting commission (NBC);
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN);
Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC);
Nigerian Press council (NPC);
National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB);
Advertising practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON);
6.0 Our Services

The need to eliminate or drastically reduce corruption in all aspects of our public life is necessary and timely to achieve efficiency and effectiveness at work. Consequently, the anti Corruption and Transparency monitoring Unit will fully implement its approved Operational Guidelines as follows:

Periodic (monthly) market survey of price materials e.g. stationery, office equipments;
Group touring/Accountable Advances: The names of officers listed in a Group Touring/Accountable Advance should be made available to ACTU as soon as approval is given. The ACTU will use the list to monitor the trip with a view to determine if the officers travelled or not. If possible, some officers in the Unit should be involved in the assignment to enable them physically monitor the officers listed for the trip;
Contract Awards: Due process in the award of contracts has to be followed to ensure transparency and accountability. To this end, the Anti Corruption and Transparency Monitoring Unit should attend Due Process Meetings as well as Ministerial Tenders Board (MTB) Meetings as an observer
The TMU should carry out physical inspection of projects whose contracts are awarded to determine if the projects are being implemented or not;
Boarding of government Property: Anti Corruption and Transparency Monitoring Unit should attend meetings of Ministry’s Board of Survey as an observer to ensure adherence of transparency and accountability in the boarding of Ministry’s property;
Officers of the ACTU are to accompany staff verification and pay parade teams;
Organizing periodic (internal) sensitization seminars, workshops for the staff f the Ministry, i.e. at the Headquarters and the Federal Information Centers (FICs);
Organizing training for members on new trends in management of the internal system and procedures of the various Departments and Units in the Ministry;
Identifying various measures for preventing incidences of corruption before they happen;
Investigate cases of corruption and other corrupt practices in the Ministry and the parastatals;
Collation and analysis of monthly reports from all the Anti Corruption and Transparency Monitoring Units of the Ministry’s parastatals
7.0 Grievance Redress Mechanism

Our clients are requested to seek redress if not satisfied with the quality and quantity of service delivered. The under-listed channel can be contacted for further complaints or enquiries:

The Chairman,

Anti Corruption and Transparency Monitoring Unit

Federal Ministry of Information and Communications.

8th Floor, Radio House Area 10,

Herbert Macaulay Way, Garki, Abuja.

Telephone: 09-2340785

Unit Organogram