RismadarVoice Reporters
January 30, 2026
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has charged members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to take ownership of the fight against corruption by upholding integrity, rejecting criminality, committing themselves to honest work.
Olukoyede gave the charge on Thursday while addressing Batch “A” Stream I corps members at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Kubwa, Abuja, through Superintendent of the EFCC, SE Johnson Oloyede, during a lecture entitled “The Role of Youth in the Anti-Corruption Fight.”
He described youths as critical stakeholders in the fight against economic and financial crimes, noting that while young people are the leaders of tomorrow, many economic crimes particularly cybercrimes are also perpetrated by youths.
“One critical group of stakeholders in the anti-corruption fight is the youth. I encourage you to take ownership of this fight and see yourselves as vanguards of positive change,” he said.
The EFCC chairman urged corps members to embrace the mindset of what he described as “new breed youths”, who are solutions rather than problems and builders rather than destroyers.
“Nigeria needs a new breed of youths who will be catalysts of development and springboards of progress,” he said, urging them to reject corruption and criminal shortcuts.
At the NYSC Orientation Camp in Iyana Ipaja, Lagos, Olukoyede, represented by Assistant Commander of the EFCC, ACE II Babatunde Sulaiman, Head of Public Affairs, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, encouraged corps members to creatively contribute to nation-building.
He urged them to form or join pressure groups against corruption, to align with organizations that promote financial integrity.
He also invited corps members to participate in the EFCC–Community Development Group, noting that the initiative provides opportunities to learn more about the Commission’s mandate and support its activities.
In Yobe State, at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Nangere, Olukoyede, speaking through the Maiduguri Zonal Director of the EFCC, Commander Aisha A.T. Habib, urged corps members to act as whistleblowers and expose corrupt practices in their environments.
“Exposing corruption is not only obligatory, it is patriotic,” he said, encouraging them to use the Eagle Eye App, a digital platform for reporting corruption.
Similar messages were delivered at the NYSC Orientation Camps in Rivers, Kaduna, Akwa Ibom, Oyo, Gombe, Enugu, Kwara, and other states across the country.
In Kaduna, the EFCC chairman, represented by Chief Superintendent of the EFCC, CSE Nana Abubakar, stressed that unemployment should never be used to justify criminal activities, warning that cybercrime is not a solution to economic hardship.
He urged corps members to use their Community Development Service (CDS) platforms to campaign against youth involvement in internet fraud and other economic crimes.
Olukoyede emphasized that Nigeria’s development depends largely on the choices and actions of its youths, urging them to choose integrity, patriotism, and service over corruption and criminality.
