By Gloria Ikibah
The House of Representatives has reiterated its commitment to make policies and frameworks for the empowerment of youths across the country.
Chairman House committee on Anti-corruption, Rep. Mashood Akinolu stated this at the celebration of the 2025 International Anti-Corruption Day, designated by the United Nations for December 9 annually in Abuja. 
The Chairman said the House was working to enhance transparency, strengthen legal frameworks, and support civil education that equips young people with the right knowledge and tools to resist and report corruption.
He said: “The House is working to enhance transparency, strengthen legal frameworks, and support civil education that equips young people with the knowledge and tools to resist and report corruption”.
He stressed that corruption undermines democracy, steals from vulnerable, slows development and erodes public trust in the institutions.
In his remark, The chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences commission, Musa Aliyu, said that corruption remains one of the greatest threats to development, social justice, erodes public trust, divert resources from essential services and undermines opportunity from young people.
Aliyu who was represented by Sulieman Achile, an Assistant Director with ICPC, reiterated the need for more collaboration among stakeholders to eradicate corruption in the country.
“Corruption remains one of the greatest threats to development, social justice, it erodes public trust, divert resources from essential services and undermines opportunities from young people”.
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Dr. Mainasara Umar Kogo, advised youths to develop their skills, this is as he noted that formal education alone is no longer sufficient in the fast evolving technology driven job market.
Kogo emphasised that the nation is endowed with mineral resources, emphasizing that one fundamental missing link is injustice.
“If we can bridge that missing link, our future leaders will know that they are not the future leaders of Nigeria alone but future leaders of the world”.
They urged the country’s youth to be part of the conversation in demanding a corrupt-free Nigeria and urged them to use their creativity and digital skills in demanding transparency accountability and good governance.
