The Federal government has actually strengthened its drive for transparency and responsibility in the education sector with the inauguration of the Anti-Corruption and Openness Unit (ACTU) Committee in the Federal Ministry of Education.
The inauguration, kept in Abuja on Wednesday, belongs to efforts to promote ethical governance, institutional stability and efficient public service delivery in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
Speaking at the event, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, described ACTU as a crucial system for promoting due procedure, ethical conduct and compliance with public service guidelines across the ministry and its firms.
He stressed that as the organization accountable for creating and carrying out national education policies, the ministry must uphold the highest requirements of professionalism, stability and responsibility. According to him, corruption stays a significant obstacle to national development, diverting resources indicated for education and undermining public confidence.
Enitan charged members of the newly inaugurated committee to discharge their duties with guts, diligence, patriotism and impartiality while championing ethical conduct, anti-corruption awareness, system reforms and rigorous compliance with existing policies.
He likewise prompted personnel of the ministry to embrace its legendary values– Efficiency, Productivity, Incorruptibility and Citizen-Centred Service– adding that stability remains the foundation for quality education delivery and excellence in public service.
Representing the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Musa Adamu Aliyu, ICPC main Olusegun Adigun commended the ministry for revitalising its ACTU, explaining the relocation as a substantial turning point in enhancing its internal anti-corruption structure.
Adigun discussed that ACTU, established through a collaboration in between the ICPC and the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, functions as a preventive and advisory body for promoting stability and responsibility within federal government institutions.
He kept in mind that the reconstituted committee would manage anti-corruption sensitisation, principles promo, corruption danger assessments, system reviews, budget implementation tracking, promotion of the Ethics and Integrity Promise, and preliminary examinations into complaints of dishonest conduct.
Earlier, the Director of Unique Responsibilities, Murtala Tanko, described the inauguration as a presentation of the ministry’s dedication to transparency, accountability and ethical governance. He prompted members to support management in accomplishing quality service shipment through strict adherence to public service guidelines and standard operating procedures.
Responding on behalf of the committee, ACTU Chairman Malik Guni Kuje thanked the ministry for the self-confidence reposed in members and vowed transparent, liable and collective leadership. He assured stakeholders that the committee would enhance preventive procedures against corruption through continual sensitisation, policy reviews and strict compliance with civil service guidelines and ICPC standards.
The event likewise included the administration of the Oath of Obligation on members of the committee, highlighting the Federal Ministry of Education’s renewed commitment to openness, responsibility and effective management of public resources in advancing quality education throughout Nigeria.