UniAbuja, NGO charge students on fight against corruption

A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Good Governance Team in collaboration with Centre for Corruption Studies of University of Abuja has launched a sensitization campaign to educate students on menace of corruption.

The students outreach with the theme: “Corruption Free Nigeria Is Possible” was held in the University of Abuja, yesterday, in commemoration with African anticorruption day and project 2018.

In his opening remarks, the Director of Centre for Corruption Studies (CCS), University of Abuja, Prof. Danladi Emmanuel described poor understanding of the concept of corruption and how it works in the society as the major challenges of fight against the menace. He explained that corruption operates in different shapes and guises as an aspect of country’s societal cultural values.

He said the CCS centre was established to help address one of the critical gaps and weakest link on corruption through rigorous intellectual and practical studies of phenomenon.

In his address, the Chairman of the occasion, Justice Sulaiman Galadima said young people has a role to play in the fight against corruption..

He said the youth role could be intensified if civil societies organizations collaborates with schools to educate them on their constitutional rights and the importance of seeking redress when those rights are infringed.

Secretary General, Students Union Government (SUG) of the university Ogaba Oche Simon said no country would develop with corruption as he emphasized the need for collaborative efforts by stakeholders to fight the menace.