By Peter Ade
The need to include Anti-Corruption as course into Tertiary Institution Curriculum has been advocated.
The Zonal Director of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Kano state, Ibrahim Shazali made the call when he host the Vice-Chancellor of Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Professor Mukhtar Kurawa.
Mr Shazali urged institutions of higher learning across the country, to introduce anti-corruption courses as a core requirement for all first-year students to equip undergraduates with the necessary knowledge and understanding about the pervasive issue of the menace in the country.
“I think it is important to introduce anti-corruption studies in the university system and make it a prerequisite alongside general studies at 100 level, for every student to have an idea about corruption and what it takes to be of good character” he added.
He further stated that the EFCC in its public enlightenment and engagement campaigns, already has Integrity Clubs and Zero Tolerance for Corruption Clubs in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions respectively and assured the VC that such Clubs will soon be established in Yusuf Maitama University.
Responding, the Vice Chancellor, Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Professor Mukhtar Kurawa explained that the institution has recently established the Department of Cyber Security to address the pressing need for skilled professionals in the ever-evolving field of information technology security.
