A member of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dame Julie Onum-Nwariaku, has been elected as Chairperson of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption.
Onum-Nwariaku is the only Nigerian among the 11 member committee set up by the AU at the 16th ordinary session of the Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in January 2011.
Functions of the board shall be to promote and encourage adoption and application of anti-corruption measures on the continent; collect and document information on the nature and scope of corruption and related offences in Africa; and develop methodologies for analysing the nature and extent of corruption in Africa, and disseminate information and sensitise the public on the negative effects of corruption and related offences.
The board is expected to submit a report to the executive council on a regular basis on the progress made by each state party in complying with the provisions of the convention.
The convention also has among its objectives to promote and strengthen the development in Africa by each state party of mechanisms required to prevent, detect, punish and eradicate corruption and related offences in the public and private sectors.
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ICPC member elected AU committee chairman