The acting
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu,
has advocated for a course focusing specifically on anti-corruption, to be
introduced in curriculum of Nigerian universities, and promised to sponsor
research work at doctorate level for the next 10 years.
“From January 2018 the EFCC will sponsor up to
20 Ph.D. researchers on any aspect of corruption every year, for the next 10
years,” he said, adding that, “we shall also support the publication of
research papers relevant to teaching of anti-corruption courses.”
Magu, who made this known during a visit to the
National Universities Commission, NUC headquarters, Abuja, on August 8, 2017,
further noted that the educational sector was critical to winning the war
against corruption, and reinventing Nigeria’s cherished value systems.
“We believe that university students constitute
a strategic target of anti-corruption training and awareness raising
activities, as they will become tomorrow’s managers,” he said.
While canvassing for the introduction of an
anti-corruption course, focussing on curbing corrupt practices, Magu averred
that the EFCC views the NUC as a critical partner in progress, needed “to reach
out to all youths” in the country, as part of the anti-graft agency’s strategy.
“The NUC
has a vital role to play as it can assist us at the EFCC to extend our
anti-corruption message to the universities, and sensitize youths on the ills
of corruption, so that they will not be tools in hands of corrupt politicians,”
he said.
The
Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, commended the EFCC boss
for the initiative, stressing that “we are where we are today because of
corruption, and unless we retrace our steps, and begin to do things right, we
may not get to the Promised Land.”
He also
acknowledged the efforts of the anti-graft agency in arresting and prosecuting
fraudsters operating illegal institutions in the country using same to defraud
Nigerians, adding that, “this interaction will go a long way to reposition our
country, and the university system”.
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