Accountability: Youth urged to play role in curbing corruption

NAB official delivers lecture at QAU

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Director General (Awareness and Prevention) Aliya Rashid on Tuesday urged the youth to play their role in curbing the menace of corruption from the society.

She was delivering a motivational lecture “The duty of youth is to challenge corruption” here at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) on Tuesday, said a press release.

The lecture was part of a campaign on awareness and prevention against corruption and an effort to encourage youth to identify and report corruption.

Rashid discussed various forms of corruption, its negative impact on the society, and recalled the words of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah that corruption was a poison and we must put it down with an iron hand.

“Young people are one of the most important agents of change in the fight against corruption. Youth have the power to change the social, political, and economic dynamics that underlie a resigned acceptance of bribery and other forms of corruption. It is the duty of every young person to prevent their family from corruption,” she said. Rashid advised the female students that after getting married, it would be their duty to take a pledge from their husbands that he would say “no to corruption”.

She said that mothers had a major impact in bringing up children and their attitude and development.

Rashid said that “say no to corruption” was intended to target young ladies in universities and colleges who were going to be future mothers.

While mentioning the steps taken by the NAB to create awareness, she said that the slogan “say no to corruption” had been printed on postage stamp, utility bills, driving licences, colouring books of school children, ATMs, railway tickets, and airport screens; thereby, spreading the message to everyone.

She said that a story book had also been published where the character Gogi was also saying no to corruption.

QAU Vice-chancellor Dr Javed Ashraf lauded the efforts of the NAB for creating awareness among the youth. A large number of students, staff and faculty members attended the lecture.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 1^st, 2016.