By Frank Momoh
In a move to institutionalize the fight against crimes and make a culture eespecialy at the grassroot, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has established fourteen integrity and zero tolerance clubs in Sokoto and Kebbi States.
The clubs, established between April and December, 2023 include 9 in Sokoto and 5 in Kebbi States, EXTRAORDINAIRE.COM learnt.
Those established in Sokoto state are based in Usman Dan Fodio University, Usman Dan Fodio University Staff Secondary School, Usman Dan Fodio University Staff Primary School, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Shehu Shagari College of Education Staff Secondary School, Shehu Shagari College of Education Staff Primary School, Gamji School of Health Technology, Usmaniya School of Health Technology and Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Kware.
In Kebbi, five schools where the clubs are established are: Kebbi Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Kalgo, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, College of Education Argungu, Umaru Gwandu Polytechnic, and Federal Government Girls College Gwandu.
Explaining the rationale for their establishment, Head, Enlightenment and Reorientation of the EFCC, Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE11 Aisha Mohammed says that“the establishment and sustenance of Zero Tolerance Clubs at A-level institutions and Integrity Clubs at O-level schools across Nigeria are measures for ridding the country of all forms of economic and financial crimes as encapsulated in the vision of the EFCC.
While presenting the Operational Manual of these Clubs and administering the Oath of Membership, Head, Public Affairs of the Sokoto Command of the EFCC, ACE11 Kamilu Ibrahim Gebi assures members of the club that the EFCC will continue to depend on them to serve as foot soldiers of the Commission by being role models in their various institutions and reporting any suspicious acts they notice to the EFCC.
In their responses, heads of the institutions in the two states commended the EFCC “For its laudable initiative aimed at catching them young by creating platforms through which the epidemic of internet fraud can be tackled headlong”.
They also gave their commitment to offering free hands to the clubs in the conduct of their activities.
