Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has launched a nationwide audit of 760 federal road projects worth more than N36 trillion, in what it described as a major push to strengthen accountability in Nigeria's infrastructure spending.

The exercise, carried out in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Works, was announced in a statement on Monday by ICPC spokesperson John Odey.

According to the commission, the review began on 14 November and involved joint monitoring teams comprising ICPC investigators, engineers from the ministry and independent experts from professional bodies, including the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS).

The statement explained that the ...