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From Dispatch Room
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN), has said Nigeria’s fight against corruption must begin in the classroom rather than rely solely on arrests and court prosecutions.
Dr. Aliyu made this statement at the ICPC and Nigerian Law School Kano Zonal Workshop on Integrating Anti-Corruption Education into Nigerian Universities and the Nigerian Law School, where he emphasized that long-term national integrity depends on values taught during legal and professional training.
According to him, corruption continues to impose heavy social and economic costs on Nigerians, weakening institutions and slowing national development. He stressed that prevention through education is just as important as enforcement.
“The public pays for corruption,” he said, noting that unethical practices undermine justice and erode public trust in governance systems.
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The ICPC Chairman argued that legal education plays a central role in shaping the moral decisions of future lawyers, adding that the classroom remains one of the most important spaces for preventing corruption before it begins.
He explained that the Commission’s ongoing initiative is not aimed at imposing a rigid curriculum, but rather at collaborating with academic institutions to develop a framework that strengthens ethical standards in legal training.
Dr. Aliyu said similar engagements have already taken place in Abuja with Deans of Law faculties and the Nigerian Law School, while another workshop is scheduled for the South West region in Lagos.
He warned that when legal practitioners abandon ethical principles, the justice system becomes weakened, and urged universities to ensure integrity is embedded in legal education from the outset.
He further challenged stakeholders to consider whether Nigeria’s legal training system should produce professionals who strengthen national development or those who undermine justice.
The ICPC Chairman concluded that the true success of the initiative would not be measured by discussions held at workshops, but by the ethical decisions future lawyers make in real-life situations.
“For the ICPC, this is about shaping character, not just curriculum,” he said.
— Newspot Nigeria
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