Funding is not an issue for the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), according to the organization.
As per CCB’s statement, state offices’ activities receive priority and they receive funds, similar to other government organizations.
In response to a media report alleging inadequate funding for CCB state offices, Veronica Kato, the chief press secretary of the organization, released a statement. She said that the Bureau, led by Barr Murtala Aliyu Kankiya, the acting chairman, would have ignored the publication in its entirety if not for the misinformation, incitement, and outright lies the publication sought to spread, portraying the Federal Government and the CCB as merely lip-service providers of anti-corruption measures, which inadvertently undermine the operations of CCB state offices overall.
Note that the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution (as modified) lists the CCB as one of its executive bodies in section 153. Like any other MDA, it receives funding from the Federal Government of Nigeria for its operations.
Additionally, it is subject to the same limitations as other MDAs are. The CCB State Offices have not purposefully disregarded the Federal Government’s funding allocation; rather, they are significant and essential parts of CCB activities.
The general public might find it interesting to learn that CCB State Offices typically receive funding allocations and consideration above Departments at Headquarters.
It is also important to note that, due to their unique needs, CCB State Offices typically receive priority when allocating funds.
Therefore, it is untrue to claim—or to imply—that the CCB Headquarters does not provide financing for its State Offices. Whenever the Federal Government makes an allocation, the money is distributed to the State Offices, according to her.
“To claim that the Bureau’s headquarters is starving State offices is cruel and naughty.
Therefore, the public is asked not to take the publication seriously, as it aims to discredit and depict the CCB as a federal government organization that is well-resourced and indifferent to its state offices, she continued.