The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission, Rev Yakubu Pam, has said that corruption in Nigeria is worse than COVID-19 pandemic.
Pam stated this in his office in Abuja on Thursday (25th February, 2021) during a courtesy call on him by members of an anti-corruption and inter-faith group, the Manyyaba House of the Bayero University, Kano Centre for Democratic Studies.
He stressed that Nigeria should take corruption as a national emergency.
According to him, “we used to think that there is no corruption in religious institutions but revelation has shown it is everywhere.”
He told his guests that fighting corruption was number one of his six-point agenda in the Commission.
Pam further stated that corruption had eaten deep into the fabric of our society and it required a holistic and pragmatic approach.
He commended the Manyyaba House for injecting inter-faith content in the fight against corruption.
In his words: “this is a very good development, especially when we bring in inter faith in the fight against corruption.”
The NCPC boss also reaffirmed that “it is very important for the religious leaders to lead the vanguard against corruption.”
He promised to support their efforts in the realisation of their objectives.
The Director of Manyyaba House, Prof. Ismaila Zango, said he was in NCPC with his team to inform the Executive Secretary about their project on anti-corruption, using inter-faith approach.
The Director posited that the fight against corruption in Nigeria would not succeed except religious values were brought into it.
He explained that his group was working closely with a number of faith organisations in the country to advance their cause.
Zango also hinted that they were partnering schools in the country and had been able to form anti-corruption clubs in about 47 of such schools across the country.
He said they were in NCPC to brief the Executive Secretary about the activities of the House and to solicit his support.
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