ICPC takes NAVC to Rivers

09.03.2008

FOR the crusade against corruption in the country to be successful, it requires a synergy between the people and the Anti-corruption agencies.” This was the declaration of the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justices Emmanuel Ayoola, represented by Mr. Folu Olamiti, the National Coordinator of National Anti-Corruption Volunteer Corps (NAVC), at the inauguration of Rivers State Chapter of NAVC, held at the Obi Wali Cultural Centre in Port Harcourt.

The ICPC Chairman blamed the slow pace of success in anti-corruption struggle to public perception that the crusade was government business meant for government officials alone.

The ICPC, he said, embarked on a number of strategies and initiatives, among which is the National Anti-corruption Volunteer Corps, “in order to change the mindset and disposition of the public towards the crusade.”

He pointed out that the NAVC was the Commission’s vehicle for mass mobilization, enlightenment and education for attitudinal change against corruption.

Explaining the role of the volunteers and the Local Government Coordinators, Ayoola said that “your enlistment is providing you the opportunity of getting involved, in preventing, and reporting corruption. You are now the eyes and ears of the Commission that will expose the corrupt ,no matter how highly placed.