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Killer – ICPC dent and Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Bolaji Owasanoye, has described corruption as a dream killer that must be fought to a standstill by the youth.
Owasanoye said this at the maiden edition of the Commission’s Inter-schools Debate for tertiary institutions in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Nasarawa State, midweek.
The ICPC boss, who is also a Law Professor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, described the youths as the leaders of tomorrow who needed to fight corruption with great rigour to achieve the desired goal.
He said, “For this to effectively happen, both the older generation and the youth themselves must take steps to provide an enabling environment, both physically and intellectually, to encourage this progressive ideal.
“You must realise that corruption is a dream killer, and if you do not fight it to a standstill at your level, it will kill your future dreams.
“Corruption is often erroneously viewed as an adult problem, yet the seeds of this societal virus are planted in the early stages of a person’s life.
“One of the holy books admonishes us to train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he shall not depart from it.
“I, therefore, urge you to determine in your heart that you will not give the evil seeds of corruption and value degeneration a conducive environment to germinate”.
He advised the youths to shape the country’s future with determination by deliberately shunning corrupt practices.
According to him, “It is indeed a truism that no nation can grow and develop faster than its level and standards of education”.
Owasanoye noted that the deficiencies of the society were magnified by the fact that the youth are starved of the appropriate ethical and cultural values necessary to become model citizens.
He urged the youths to take advantage of the debate platform to reshape the society
“This inter-schools debate is one of the several platforms ICPC created to encourage capacity building, ethical re-orientation, behavioural change and positive value rejuvenation, especially amongst the youth”. he said.
Similarly, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, charged the youths to contribute their quota towards a Nigeria free of economic and financial crimes, urging them to “do the right thing always”.