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THE Civil Rights Council of Nigeria (CRC), Asaba Unit, Delta State has urged Nigerians to join hands in the fight against corruption.
The Asaba Unit Coordinator, Comrade Joy Edigbine, while giving the charge during an interactive session with newsmen at the council’s Asaba office, said that in the best interest of all, Nigerians should help to mitigate the menace called corruption
Explaining why it was necessary to fight corruption in its totality, Edigbine stressed that it is good to make citizens to report any corrupt practices exhibited by anybody to mitigate the menace.
Speaking further, the Urhobo-born activist and the Chief Executive Officer of JEEP Film Academy revealed that the council is happy to partner with ICPC and NYSC in last week’s solidarity rally tagged; “When you see something, say something, let’s fight corruption together”.
Edigbine, who is fondly called ‘Small Pepper,’ attributed the reason the country was not making progress in all ramifications to corruption, just as she charged all and sundry to fight corruption in its entirety
“We must help ourselves to fight corruption. It is our major problem and a big setback to us all”, she emphasized.
Stressing further why it was necessary for the citizens to fight against corruption, Comrade Joy Edigbine maintained that the fight against the menace is everybody’s business, disclosing that it was a major tool for the realization of a better Nigeria
She sighted Section 23 of the 1999 Constitution as amended, itemizing the need as “national ethics which shall be discipline, integrity, dignity of labor, social justice, religious tolerance, self-reliance and patriotism and stressed that the above was made to nip corruption to the bud.
