The campaign against corruption and corrupt practices is being taken to institutions of higher learning.
Part of this initiative includes the recent inauguration of an Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit, ACTU, at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta in Ogun State.
During the 6th edition of the ACTU forum, held at the institution in the Ogun State capital, prominent anti-corruption campaigners challenged university administrators to lead the effort in their domains.
The President of Campaign for Democracy, Joe Odumakin, in her speech, decried the low level of integrity among Nigerian students.
“Gone are the days when it was a thing of shame for you to be caught cheating in an examination hall. What we have today are pictures of a miserable society that is not only digging its own grave but is even writing the scripts for funeral rights.”
The Head of the ICPC in Oyo/Ogun states, Olusesi Olukile said, “The psycho-social and political culture of corruption in the society at large has crept into the educational sector, thereby crippling the values of integrity, honesty, excellence, transparency, accountability and fairness.”
Odumakin, however, also challenged anti-graft agencies in the country to be more responsible and responsive to their constitutional responsibilities.
Members of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta community including teaching and non-teaching staff, as well as students assembled for the launch of the ACTU in the school.
