Corruption has gone into the marrow of this country – Sambo

The Federal Government has reiterated its determination to address the problem of corruption to ensure the success of its  transformation agenda and restore the good image of the country.
Vice President Namadi Sambo made the reaffirmation  at a dinner in Abuja on Thursday as part of the ceremony in honour of recipients
of the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) for 2010 and 2011.
He described corruption in Nigeria as a cancer which had been frustrating government efforts toward improving the quality of life of the people.
He  said  government would fight “this cancer” to a standstill to ensure progress of the country.
“I want also to seize this opportunity to assure Nigerians that we will fight corruption very seriously. Corruption has been a cancer that has gone into the marrow of this country and Insha Allah we will address it and do away with it in this country.’’
The vice-president said the Federal Government had also resolved to promote science and technical education at all levels of the education system.
He said research and development was  one of the government’s key cardinal points under the transformation agenda.
Sambo said the Federal Executive Council had approved the immediate establishment of five specialised universities to boost science and technical education.
“Human capital development is one of the major cardinal points of this administration.
“You will recall that the Federal Executive Council has already decided that each state of the federation must have a specialised university and already five universities have been approved and they have taken off and by 2012 all outstanding states will have a federal university
“`We have directed the ministry of education to boost the development of science education and the improvement of science education in this country will be the major part of our policies.’’
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