ICPC shuts 62 illegal tertiary institutions, fake NYSC camp

The commission also said it shut a fake NYSC Orientation Camp.

The ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, disclosed this at a Youth Dialogue on Corruption in Tertiary Institutions, held in Abuja on Tuesday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the dialogue was organised by ICPC for members of Anti-Corruption Vanguards from five tertiary institutions in the Federal Capital Territory.

Owasanoye, who was represented by ICPC Board Member in-charge of Youths, Mrs. Hannatu Mohammed, said the commission had prosecuted the perpetrators.

The ICPC chairman said corruption has a debilitating effect on the quality of education of any nation, adding that no nation would develop beyond the level and quality of its education.

He said the ICPC set up the anti-corruption vanguards in schools to push the fight against corruption in the education sector, particularly tertiary institutions.

Owasanoye explained that the anti-corruption vanguards provided students with the needed opportunity to participate actively in the fight against corruption in their institutions.

“The vanguards equip the student members with the capacity to develop zero tolerance for corruption and to inculcate attitudinal change among their fellow students.

“The vanguards also enable the students to assist the management of their various institutions to effectively reduce corruption in the education system,” he said.

In a keynote address, Vice Chancellor of Bingham University in Abuja, Prof. Williams Barnabas, said Nigerian education system must be repositioned to contribute significantly to national development.