On Thursday, 20th June, 2019, one of the NYSC members recently trained by the Lux Terra Foundation (with the support of MacArthur Foundation) took the fight against corruption to Community High School, Amorka  (or is it Amaokwa), Anambra State. The purpose of the exercise , according to the organiser, Adebowale Ahmad, was to sensitise the students and fellow corps members on the havoc that corruption is wreaking on our society and the urgent need to tackle it from the grassroots. The sensitisation program had teachers, students and corps members in attendance. It was a huge success, and at the end, the participants took a pledge to uphold the tenets of integrity and accountability, and to stand against corruption wherever they find themselves.

Adebowale Ahmad is a Batch B NYSC member serving in Anambra State. He stated that the training he attended at the Lux Terra Leadership Foundation struck a chord in him in a very strong way and that he is poised to do even more. At the end of the exercise, he issued the following statement via his social media handle:

“I was recently trained at the Lux Terra Leadership Foundation (with the support of MacArthur Foundation) on the skills needed to fight corruption and promote integrity in Nigeria. During the course of the training, I realised that the fight against corruption can’t be left to only our leaders or the government because they might not be there when the future comes. We all need to do something about it no matter how little. Most importantly, if we as Nigerian youths do not stand up to the fight then who will? We just need to be courageous, committed, patriotic, prayerful and selfless among other values. It was in line with this that I

pledged to contribute my own quota by sensitising Nigerians, to the best of my ability, on the need to shun corruption and go against corrupt practices.

“To the glory of God, the need to fight against corruption and promote integrity hit another gear as it was well received among serving NYSC members in Ihiala and the pupils of Community High School, Amorka , Anambra state. The corps members and the pupils were made to understand that corruption has become a cankerworm eating up our future and if not swiftly curtailed, it will truncate the bright future we all hope for and that of the coming generations. To forestall such occurrence, we all agreed that the fight against corruption is a collective fight and we must carry it out at all levels starting from individual level and all spheres of our society. It was on this note that the majority of the participants at the sensitisation pledged to strive hard to be people of integrity and accountability ambassadors.”