Kano State Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner, Ahmed Muhammad Wada, has urged public servants to maintain the ethical and professional responsibility as the foundation of public service delivery.
This was contained in a press statement issued after the inauguration of the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) at Federal Government College, Kano.
The commissioner, Wada, who was represented by Chief Superintendent Ibrahim Garba of the ICPC Legal Services Department, Kano State Office, made the call during the ceremony and charged members of the newly established unit to see their appointment as a responsibility to promote accountability in the institution.
He said the ACTU is a key implementing structure of the ICPC’s mandate on corruption prevention, built to strengthen transparency and provide a practical framework for fighting corruption at the institutional level.
“This responsibility is expected to be a turning point in ensuring that the affairs of this institution are run with integrity and accountability,” Barr. Garba said on the commissioner’s behalf.
“ACTUs in institutions like schools is a tactical approach to embedding anti-corruption values early in the system,” he said.
The principal of the college, Hafsat Adebayo had earlier welcomed the initiative, describing it as a timely intervention targeted at promoting integrity in the education sector.
“This move will go a long way in nipping corruption and related offences in the bud at various levels of society,” she said, adding that the unit would help keep both staff and students accountable in their daily conduct
In his address on behalf of the ACTU, Dr Dawah Iliyasu Sodangi described the inauguration as a call to duty and said members had been sensitised on corrupt practices and preventive measures.
“The unit will serve as an ethical beacon within the institution, reinforcing integrity and responsible behaviour among stakeholders,” he said.
