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Anti-corruption war will make Nigerians integrity-conscious —ICPC

Ongoing anti-corruption war will help Nigerians to imbibe the culture of integrity, according to the chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), Justice Emmanuel Ayoola.
He made the assertion when the Managing Director of Nigeria Social Insurance
Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr Enukora Okoli, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.

Ayoola said most Nigerians did not understand the work of the commission, noting that
investigation and prosecution of cases of corruption were just a fraction of what it stood
for.

He declared: ``We know that Nigerians want sensation and entertainment. Our investigation
and prosecution activities provide such.

``If they do not get satisfaction in these, they probably believe that we are not working.
``We do not see ourselves as an organisation set up purely to investigate and prosecute
cases. We have other mandate as well.’’

He identified the Commission’s mandate to include, education,systems review, public enlightenment and mobilisation, among others.

Ayoola said the commission had discovered that if it was to fight corruption ``we must fight
it through education, by examining and reviewing the system and procedures of
government agencies''.

``Our destination is the transformation of the society. We do not want to put our country in
a situation whereby unless people are monitored, they cannot have integrity,’’ he said.
Similarly, he said, ``Our destination is a society in which every Nigerian, whether he is watched or not, will have integrity as a second nature. That is the society we aspire for.’’
The chairman said that in order to ensure a corrupt-free society, the crusade must
carried to the grass roots.

He said this could only be achieved with the collaboration of well meaning Nigerians
and the Nigeria Social insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
Earlier, Okoli said he was at the commission to intimate Ayoola of the activities of NSITF
and solicit his collaboration.

He said NSITF was the sole agency of the Federal Government with the mandate to
provide social security for all Nigerians.

``We are determined to work with ICPC to establish and entrench social security in the country,’’ he said.