The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says only 7 out of 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria have functional websites where information about their activities, spending and other critical information can be accessed.
Chairman of the ICPC, Musa Aliyu, who stated this when he appeared on a Channels TV programme on Friday also disclosed that some workers in the health sector and schools also divert donations for their personal use.
He said owing to lack of functional websites, there is a transparency challenge across all the third tier of government, saying all the six geo-political zones are culpable.
The ICPC boss explained that it would be difficult for Nigerians to enjoy good governance if critical information about LGAs remains shrouded in secrecy.
“Recently, because of the focal decision, we have now initiated a programme we call corruption prevention programme in the local government areas. We are using five thematic areas: One, the issue of open fiscal transparency, open procurements, the issue of corruption control, human resources and citizen engagement.
“Also, we are now trying to say, okay, we developed that each local government should have a website so that they can put out information. What we discovered was that there are only seven local governments with functional websites in Nigeria. That is to say we have a lot of problems because we cannot go all over.
Aliyu explained that the commission would continue to track constituency projects implementation, noting that the agency in collaboration with the EFCC would continue to push for a bill on unexplainable wealth to be passed into a law.