By Ibrahim Ramalan
Abuja
National Orientation Agency (NOA) is to collaborate with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related offences Commission (ICPC) to mount a national campaign against corruption and other unwholesome behaviours aimed at salvaging the image of Nigeria.
In a statement in Abuja, the Director-General of NOA, Garba Abari, made this known when he paid a working visit to the headquarters of the ICPC in Abuja.
“As a nation, behavioural and attitudinal change remains the option we need to inculcate values that will help curb corruption and other unwholesome behaviours that will make the country great,” he said.
He said corruption remained the bane of national development and the two agencies must forge a formidable alliance in the fight against corruption, adding that corruption was corrosive and has afflicted all citizens in all spheres of “our daily lives.”
He stressed that with its population structure, the country had the demographic advantage to harness its natural resources to its advantage rather than the get-rich-easy syndrome of today’s youths.
In his remarks, the Chairman, ICPC, Barrister Ekpo Nta, said corruption prevention had remained the strategy of the Commission over time and had strengthened its enlightenment campaign across the country.
He urged NOA to extend its sensitisation campaign to embassies in the country as well as intending travelers on issues of rules and regulations affecting visitors to ensure that “Nigerians do not inadvertently engage in unacceptable practices when they visit other countries of the world.”
The chairman urged the youth to stop the patronage of jobs racketeers and take advantage of the present administration’s effort in job creation initiatives through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to gain meaningful livelihood.
