The Independent corrupt practices and other related offences commission(ICPC) has charged other federal agencies not to leave the fight against corruption with it and the economic and financial commission (EFCC)
Rather,the commission said they should join them in the anti-graft fight so as to rip Nigeria of corrupt element,thereby baling the county out of its social-economic challenges
The ICPC commissioner in charge of OYO and OGUN Mr.Stephen Pimor, have the charge while speaking at the lunch of anti-corruption postage stamps at the Ibadan area office of the Nigerian postal service (NIPOST) on Monday
Pimor who was represented by the Principal superintendent officer of ICPC Mr.Ayo Opara said corruption was not limited to embezzlement of public funds alone but that it could also be attitudinal
“There’s general mistake that most of us in Nigeria make.Most people think that corruption is all about embezzlement of public funds. But the fact is corruption is all-encompassing and attitudinal.
“For instance, a civil servants who always comes late to work is corrupt. A civil servants who come to work early but refuse carryout is official duties as expected or is found to negligence and lackadaisical is nothing but corrupt “he said
Pimor advice Nigerians and corporate bodies to take the war against corruption been championed by the present administration seriously and give all the necessary support to Government to ensure success
He commended NIPOSTor teaming up with ICPC to stamp out corruption through the laughing of the anti -corruption postage stamps, calling on other corporate organizations to emulate NIPOST
In his welcome address,the area postal manager NIPOST Oyo territory ,Mr.Babatude Ajayi said corruption had been come so endemic in Nigeria that the fight against it should no longer be left in hands of anti-corruption agencies such as ICPC,EFCC and others
Ajayi said NiPOST decided to key into government policy directions by issuing a set of four postage stamps as part of its contribution towards sentzing Nigerians on the menace of corruption
He described the lunch of the postage stamps as timely, saying “the fight against in our history as nation has never been this fierce and productive
According to him,NIPOST decided to use postage stamps as a tool of disseminating vital information about anti-corruption as it would serve as veritable instruments of taken the fight to the remotes part of the country where no Internet connectivity exist
mission(ICPC) has charged other federal agencies not to leave the fight against corruption with it and the economic and financial commission (EFCC)
Rather,the commission said they should join them in the anti-graft fight so as to rip Nigeria of corrupt element,thereby baling the county out of its social-economic challenges
The ICPC commissioner in charge of OYO and OGUN Mr.Stephen Pimor, have the charge while speaking at the lunch of anti-corruption postage stamps at the Ibadan area office of the Nigerian postal service (NIPOST) on Monday
Pimor who was represented by the Principal superintendent officer of ICPC Mr.Ayo Opara said corruption was not limited to embezzlement of public funds alone but that it could also be attitudinal
“There’s general mistake that most of us in Nigeria make.Most people think that corruption is all about embezzlement of public funds. But the fact is corruption is all-encompassing and attitudinal.
“For instance, a civil servants who always comes late to work is corrupt. A civil servants who come to work early but refuse carryout is official duties as expected or is found to negligence and lackadaisical is nothing but corrupt “he said
Pimor advice Nigerians and corporate bodies to take the war against corruption been championed by the present administration seriously and give all the necessary support to Government to ensure success
He commended NIPOSTor teaming up with ICPC to stamp out corruption through the laughing of the anti -corruption postage stamps, calling on other corporate organizations to emulate NIPOST
In his welcome address,the area postal manager NIPOST Oyo territory ,Mr.Babatude Ajayi said corruption had been come so endemic in Nigeria that the fight against it should no longer be left in hands of anti-corruption agencies such as ICPC,EFCC and others
Ajayi said NiPOST decided to key into government policy directions by issuing a set of four postage stamps as part of its contribution towards sentzing Nigerians on the menace of corruption
He described the lunch of the postage stamps as timely, saying “the fight against in our history as nation has never been this fierce and productive
According to him,NIPOST decided to use postage stamps as a tool of disseminating vital information about anti-corruption as it would serve as veritable instruments of taken the fight to the remotes part of the country where no Internet connectivity exist
