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Nigerian parents aid their children in cybercrime, says EFCC, right groups

March 4, 2020
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By  Molade Adegbuyi

Parents  have been asked to take active measures in complementing

governments efforts  at eliminating corrupt practices among the younger

generation in Nigeria.

This is against the background of increasing youth involvement in

illicit ambitions and acquisition of funds and assets mostly through

cybercrimes, many times prompted by their parents. The trend has

continued to negatively affect the image of Nigerians in the

international community.

Billions of funds are stolen in Nigeria through

cyber-related crimes, many perpetrated by young people.

Participants at a 2-day summit which began in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State

capital on Tuesday also drew a strong link between corruption and

economic and political injustices. The communique was made available to Irohinoodua on Wednesday.

The summit continues in Uyo on Wednesday with over 100 young people

coming from the South South states of Nigeria with the aim of mapping

out effective strategies of dealing with corruption by young people in

the country.

The summit with the theme Corruption and Nigerian Youth: A review of

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s Second Survey on Corruption

in Nigeria 2019 was organized by the Human and Environmental Development

Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) with the support of United Nations Office

of Drugs and Crime, (UNODC), the MacArthur Foundation, National Bureau

of Statistics, (NBS), TUGAR, Ptcij  among many and the National

Orientation Agency (NOA).

Speaking at the event, Professor Shehu Abdullahi of UNODC said young

people should take an exceptional responsibility in the collective

campaign against corruption.

HEDA Chairman Mr Olanrewaju Suraju said “We bring together stakeholders

with the focus on young people. Critical for us is the need to have

young people taking over the campaign against corruption. We seek good

governance and transparency in Governance as conditions for peace and

prosperity in Nigeria.”

He said to fight corruption, Nigeria needs to put the political and

electoral system in order. He said Nigeria remains a classic example

where corruption continues to stunt the country’s economic and political

renaissance. “It is for us to bring young people around the table to

have the conversation on how to make Nigeria corruption-free,”Suraju

said.

Mr Ridwan Sulaimon, Nurudeen Ogbara and Dr Adebusuyi Adeniran made

presentations on corruption and the younger generation of Nigerians. In

the participants’ recommendations, the delegates called for high moral

values and ethical standards among Nigerian youths to deal with the

country’s floundering moral fortunes.

“Ethics and integrity content should be introduced to the Nigerian

educational curriculum which should go alongside functional and

productive education,” participants said urging Nigerians, especially

younger people to take active roles in exposing and shaming those who

take or give bribes.

The participants noted the need for technical assistance and sharing of

information among stakeholders to increase the capacity of younger

people in the anti-corruption campaign.

The summit urged that the social and correctional centres should be

truly remedial by creating a paradigm shift to a system where

responsibilities will be given to youths to take responsibilities, make

mistakes and learn through the curves

The participants noted further that “Younger people should collaborate

with stakeholders to checkmate cybercrimes and ensure perpetrators  face

the law. The social reform centres should be truly corrective,

responsibilities should be given to youths to make mistakes and learn

through the curves.”

The Music, Nollywood and the art industry were also urged to reflect the

best of Nigerian indigenous ethics instead of promoting and celebrating

a tradition of impunity.

The summit was attended by people of diverse background including but

not limited to the UNODC, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,

(EFCC), National Orientation Agency, (NOA), Nigeria Labour Congress,

(NLC), the Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offenses

Commission (ICPC), Akwa Ibom State Police Command, Policy Alert,

Technical Unit on Governance and Anti-Corruption Reforms (TUGAR), Code

of Conduct Bureau (CCB) amongst other youth-based groups and the media,

many of who gave their solidarity messages.

 

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