The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned heads of higher institutions of learning to curb corruption.
The Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ibrahim Lamorde, spoke in Kaduna yesterday while addressing rectors and provosts of polytechnics and specialised institutions at a workshop organised by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).
The EFCC boss said: “Time does not run out on criminal investigation and prosecution. If you neglect to do what you should today, EFCC may come knocking on your door. Make transparency and accountability your guiding principles today or you are held accountable for your failure to check corruption in your institution, even long after you must have left it.”
The EFCC boss, who was represented by the Director, Public Affairs of the Commission, Mr Osita Nwojah, told the rectors and provosts that his commission would not condone any form of financial crime.
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. MacJohn Nwaobiala, said the number of petitions received on corruption in the polytechnics was alarming. Nwaobiala was represented by the Director, Tertiary Education Department, Hajiya Hindatu Abdullahi.
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