Abdulazeez Abdulwahab
THE Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), ACE Ahmed Ghali on Tuesday, 29 August 2023, said he often felt pains in his spirit whenever he signed detention order for errant students of higher institutions.
ACE Ghali spoke during a courtesy visit to the EFCC Zonal Command in Port Harcourt, Rivers State by members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) South-South Zone B.
“We have to work on our character and the character of others. As I speak to you now, some of your members are in detention, why? I always sign the detention order with pains but we have to do it to deter others. If we don’t do it, the whole society will collapse. We can’t afford not to have character, we can’t afford not to have morals, we can’t afford to be thieves, and we can’t afford to be fraudsters. Always embrace hard work. Shun shortcut to wealth and fame”, he said.
Speaking earlier, Comrade Sam Levi Okuru, NANS’ Coordinator in the zone, said they were in the Commission to familiarise themselves with its activities and explore ways of collaborating to fight criminality within the campuses of tertiary institutions in the zone.
Responding, the Zonal Commander thanked the students for coming to identify with the Commission. He urged them to imbibe the virtues of hard work and unimpeachable character as values that will stand them out in life. Ghali urged the Association covering Rivers, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta and Edo States to build its foundation on good moral ethics, integrity, and hard work and stay away from internet fraud, popularly known as Yahoo Yahoo.
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