EFCC launches two more integrity clubs, urges students to shun corruption

The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched two more Integrity Clubs in Lagos and Benue states.

The EFCC disclosed this in an official statement on Monday with the agency saying that the two clubs are in the Methodist Boys High School, Victoria Island, Lagos and NKST Secondary School, High Level Makurdi, Benue State.

Speaking on the occasion, the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, called on the students of both schools to act as anti-corruption ambassadors.

Bawa who was represented by ACE 1 Michael T. Wetkas, Zonal Commander, Lagos Command of the EFCC, also urged the students to uphold the core values of the Club, which are integrity, discipline, honesty and patriotism.

“As students, youths and leaders of tomorrow, you need to have deeper insights into the havocs being wreaked on our nation by the monster of corruption,” he admonished.

“You are expected to channel your creative energies into useful engagements and not into dishonest and dubious means of cheating others of their resources.”

In his remarks, Umoh Felix, a teacher and patron of the Club, expressed his gratitude to the EFCC for inaugurating such an outlet in the school.

Felix also urged the students to shun any involvement in acts of corruption and financial crimes.

“We are ready to partner with the EFCC in the fight against economic and financial crimes by speaking up against corrupt practices within the school and the environment at large,” he said.

About 250 students took the oath of service alongside the executives. The Head Boy of the School, Oche Ochefu, in his vote of thanks, appreciated the EFCC for the honour done the school and pledged to join the rest of students in lending their voices against economic and financial crimes.

In a related development, another EFCC Integrity Club was inaugurated at the NKST Secondary School, High Level Makurdi, Benue State.

The EFCC chairman, Bawa who was represented by the spokesperson of the Makurdi Zonal Command, CSE Adeniran Adebayo Samuel, urged the students to be of exemplary conduct and to make integrity their guide. “I hope that every member of the Club and the entire school community will embrace the values and regulations of the Club and in the process, make Nigeria better and greater, “he said.

He urged the students to be Anti-Corruption ambassadors in their school, community and the society at large even as 30 students took the oath of service.