…Fake NYSC orientation camp too
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it had succeeded in closing down 62 illegal Degree awarding institutions in the country.
A well-deserved national honour for Owasanoye leading ICPC to achievements of special worth
The commission also said it closed down a fake NYSC Orientation Camp in its bid to tackle corruption in the education sector.
The Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, disclosed this at a Youth Dialogue on Corruption in Tertiary Institutions, held in Abuja on Tuesday.
The dialogue was organised by ICPC for members of Anti-corruption Vanguards from five tertiary institutions in the FCT.
Owasanoye, who was represented by Mrs Hannatu Mohammed, ICPC Board Member in-charge of youth, said that the Commission had since prosecuted the perpetrators.
According to him, corruption has a debilitating effect on the quality of education of any nation, as no nation will develop beyond the level and quality of its education.
He said that the ICPC set up anti-corruption vanguards in schools to push the fight against corruption in the education sector, particularly tertiary institutions.
Owasanoye further explained that the anti-corruption vanguards provided students with the needed opportunity to participate actively in the fight against corruption in their various institutions.
“The vanguards equip the student members with the capacity to develop zero tolerance for corruption and to inculcate attitudinal change among their fellow students.
“The vanguards also enable the students to assist the management of their various institutions to effectively reduce corruption in the education system,” he said.
