EFCC urges corps members, youths to shun and fight corruption
- EFCC in conjunction with the NYSC embarked on a walk to fight against corruption
- According to the EFCC, the campaign was key to make people aware of the evils of graft
- The agency also urged youths and corps members to pay no heed to corruption
As the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) continues in its fight against corruption, the agency has urged members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and youths to shun corruption.
This was disclosed on Friday, February 14, by the anti-graft agency after embarking on a walk to campaign against corruption with corps members in Lagos state, The Nation reports.
Corps members led by Sunday Aroni, the NYSC Lagos state director, and EFCC officials by Olu Olukoyede, the secretary to the commission, took off from the agency’s office at Ikoyi through Lagos Island carrying banners and placards with anti-corruption messages.
Olukoyede addressing corps members and the crowd that gathered said the campaign was necessary to enlighten people about the evils of corruption.
Source: UGC
He said: “Because of corruption, no good roads; because of corruption, no security; they are kidnapping our sisters, brothers; no good hospitals. Our hospitals have turned to mortuaries. From today, Nigerian youths would resist it.”
The anti-graft agency’s secretary went on to warn public officers against corruption, adding that they would be arrested if caught.
The EFCC and NYSC walk against corruption held in several states on February 14. In some of the photos that were shared online, the corps members were seen dressed in red shirts with their khaki trousers.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the acting chairman of the commission told workers that going late to work is an act of corruption that must be stopped.
Magu made the statement on Friday, February 14, at an anti-corruption walk organized in collaboration with the NYSC. He said most civil servants who work at the federal secretariat in Abuja don’t show up early to work.
In a related development, the United States government has backed President Buhari’s personal commitment to fight against corruption.
The spokesperson of the US state department, Morgan Ortagus, also said the US will continue to back efforts by the Nigerian government to combat corruption at all levels.
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