Bawa Urges Corps Members To Be Foot Soldiers In War Against Corruption

The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has called on members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), to be foot soldiers in the war against economic and financial crimes, in order to free the nation from the shackles of corruption and set it on the path of sustainable development.

He gave the charge on Thursday, November 17, 2022 in a lecture entitled _*“EFCC And The Role of Youth in Curbing Corruption”*_ for members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, 2022 Batch ‘C’ Stream 1, at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Yikpata, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State.

Bawa, whose sensitisation lecture was delivered by an Assistant Commander of the EFCC, Ayodele Babatunde, Head, Public Affairs Department of the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Commission admonished the corps members to align themselves with the anti-corruption war by being change agents, good campaigners against corruption and by publicly owning the crusade.

The EFCC Chair also called on youths across the country to put the internet to more productive uses rather than employing it to commit crimes

“The internet does not necessarily have to be an avenue to impersonate, manipulate or fabricate lies to defraud others. Let the youths begin to use the internet for socially desirable things like offering solutions to the needs of industries, homes, government and other engagement of life”, he said.

At the Orientation Camp, Ise/Empire/Orun, in Ekiti State, Bawa charged the youths to take ownership of the fight against economic and financial crimes.

The EFCC boss, who was represented by a Deputy Superintendent of the EFCC, Gbenga Adewoye of the Public Affairs Department, Ilorin Zonal Command, admonished the youths to embrace hard work and shun all forms of criminal tendencies.

“There is no shortcut to wealth and fame. The fact that the rate of unemployment is high should not be an excuse to resort to crime. Acts of criminality might deliver wealth in the short term but ultimately, they lead to misery,” he warned.

The anti-graft czar also enjoined the corps members to impact their places of Primary Assignments positively through zero tolerance for corruption.

“Your integrity and transparency will endear you to other Nigerians. You must reject corruption in words and deeds”, he urged.

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