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  • Updated: December 14, 2022

FCT Education Board Reiterates Stand Against Corruption

FCT Education Board Reiterates Stand Against Corruption

The FCT Secondary Education Board has reiterated its stand on corruption among school teachers, threatening to sanction any secondary school in Abuja promoting or covering corrupt tutors.

Mohammed Ladan, the Secretary of the FCT Secondary Education Board, emphasised this during an event organised by the Center for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch (CeFTIW) to mark World Anti-Corruption Day in Abuja.

Ladan who was represented by Itam Nneoyi, Asst. Director, Co-Curriculum Division, FCT Secondary Education Board, maintained that corruption should be tackled from the grassroots.

“This fight must start from the grassroots and if the students and the young adult imbibe the culture of anti-corruption, the country will move to the next level of development.

“We are heading for a kill if we don’t fight corruption and FCT Secondary Education Board doesn’t condone corruption. Any quack discovered is thrown out because the standard must be maintained.

“As a government, I speak for the secondary education board but as a regulator of the sector, the government is trying its best to ensure that quacks are thrown out.

“Recently, many private schools were closed because of quackery and the government is serious about sanitising the education system and it will continue until we get it right.

“It is not a one-day thing and you may know these quacks and we might not know, so, it is now incumbent on the public to report those quacks to the government so that the system can be sanitised.

“There is no quack in the government schools but for private schools with private management, if there are quacks, please expose them so that government can phase them out, that is the way to go," he said.

Also speaking, Victor Agi, Public Relations Officer, CeFTIW, described the war against corruption as a collective fight that shouldn't be left in hands of the government alone to handle.

Agi said: "Today we are saying that the future belongs to young people and as such let us put our heads together and fight corruption.

“So, beyond pointing accusing fingers at our politicians, we have our own contributions to make in the fight against corruption and that is the message we are passing across today.

“We have assembled youth corps members, secondary school students who are really passionate about this fight against corruption because they have an important role to play.

“Crime persists because young people are available to use, so this message is for young people to know that they can be useful to this corruption fight and get the future of this country preserved.

“That 133 million people are poor in Nigeria is the resultant effect of corruption, and so, if we have the right people doing things transparently, the issue of corruption will be handled,” 

A quiz competition on 'Good Governance and Crime' was organised for corps members and students who were present at the event, with the winners in different categories being rewarded. 

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