Students’ Club urges colleagues to shun corruption

Corruption
By Bukola AdewumiOkeoghene Oghenekaro
Abuja, March 21, 2019 (NAN) The Bill Clinton College Students Anti-corruption Clubs (SAC) on Thursday urged Nigerian students to shun every act of corruption.

The students made this known in Abuja at the first anniversary of the establishment of the club in the school in Abuja.

The anniversary was also to help train students to imbibe the culture of integrity and transparency in order to build a greater Nigeria.

Mrs Azuka Ogugua, Assistant Commissioner Education, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) called on students to shun corrupt practices that had underdeveloped the country’s education system.

Ogugua said that a lot of corrupt practices that students picked up often began from homes to the school before they became adults and when holding offices in the future.

Mrs Lornumle Mureen, the proprietor of the school, commended the ICPC and accountability lab for imbibing the culture of integrity in the students, who would be the leaders of tomorrow.

She said inaugurating the club a year ago had not been easy because of the rules of do and don’ts of the club.

“When we began the club it was not easy, only few members were in the club because students see it as a difficult club to be; where it demands so much energy, where attitudes and morals were been checked.

“But today we are celebrating one year anniversary and we can say that we have grown and are also helping other schools establish SAC in their schools. By so doing, corruption will be a thing of the past if other schools establish SAC in their schools,” she said.

She urged students to always be agents of change wherever they found themselves.

Mr Samuel Emenogu, a member of the Accountability Lab, advised students to be ambassadors of integrity by effecting changes in their surroundings.

“Our hope is to see a Nigeria of our dream where there will be no corruption of any form, that is why we are raising awareness that integrity pays,” he said.

The president of the club, Precious Adam, urged students to be the agent of change in their schools, homes and the nation.

Helen Idoko, a member of the club, also promised to live a life of integrity, adding that she would shun any form of corruption. (NAN)
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