Nigeria’s Supreme Courtroom and 14 different authorities companies have failed the 2024 Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard (EICS), an annual evaluation by the Impartial Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee (ICPC).

The ICPC unveiled the report on Thursday at its headquarters in Abuja, stating that not one of the 330 Ministries, Departments, and Companies (MDAs) assessed achieved full compliance with established requirements.

The Supreme Courtroom, alongside the opposite non-compliant MDAs, scored zero per cent on the compliance scorecard, highlighting systemic failures in important areas resembling whistleblower insurance policies, strategic planning, and monetary accountability.

“These companies failed as a consequence of systemic points, together with the absence of whistleblower insurance policies, insufficient strategic plans, and ineffective inventory verification methods,” the ICPC acknowledged.

The report additionally famous that lots of the MDAs failed to provide monetary reviews or conduct audits, additional eroding public belief of their operations.

The EICS evaluated MDAs based mostly on 5 key indicators:

– Administration Tradition and Construction (MCS)

– Governance and Government Administration

– Monetary Administration Methods (FMS)

– Finance, Income, and Audit Processes

– Administrative Methods (AS), which incorporates ethics training and whistleblowing mechanisms.

The 15 establishments with 0.00 rating embody: Supreme Courtroom of Nigeria, Nigeria Press Council (NPC), Authorized Assist Council (LAC), Nationwide Hajj Fee of Nigeria (NAHCON), Federal Civil Service Fee (FCSC), Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (COMEG), and Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria (ICCON).

The remainder are Federal Instructing Hospital (FTH), Gombe; Nationwide Obstetrics Fistula Centre, Ningi, Bauchi State; Institute of Archaeology and Museum Research, Jos; Federal College of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State; Federal Faculty of Forestry Mechanization (FCFM), Mando, Kaduna State; Obafemi Awolowo College (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State; and Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, and College of Ibadan, Oyo State.