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AN NGO, the Interfaith Network Against Corruption (INAC), is set to use drama to inculcate the culture of transparent and accountable lifestyle in Kano State pupils.
The NGO is set to pick 10 primary schools in the state where the series of drama will be staged.
Prof. Ismaila Zango, the Director, Mambayya House Anti-Corruption Project 2021-2024 disclosed this on Thursday in Kano at a news conference on the achievements recorded by the group.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project is funded by John and Catherine and the MacArthur Foundation.
The project has four grantees, INAC Kano, the Interfaith Mediation Centre (IMC) Kaduna, the Inter-religious Coalition Against Corruption ((ICACN), Lagos and the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) Muslim Community in the Enugu Campus.
Zango said that the three-year anti-corruption project has as its theme, “Promoting Accountability and Anti-Corruption through Behavioral Change Approaches”.
He disclosed that more than 10,000 pupils were expected to benefit from the project.
The director also said that publications produced under the project were gradually been accepted and recommended for school children in some North-West states.
He pointed out that the study manual entitled “Faith-based Padagogy on Anti-Corruption’ was recognised as instructional materials in some primary and secondary schools in Kaduna and Zamfara States.
Similarly, he said that two publications on Exemplary Leadership Series, produced under project, have been selected by the Kano State Library Board for the 2022 reading competition for secondary Schools in the state.
The books are ”Malam Aminu Kano: A Freedom Fighter for the Talakawa” and “Yusuf Maitama Sule: A Paragon of Wisdom and Statesmanship”.
He said that the aim of the competition was to inculcate good moral values in children and improve their reading culture.
Zango also said that 11 additional students’ Interfaith Anti-Corruption Clubs were created in some secondary schools, in addition to the existing 21 active ones in Bauchi, Benue, Kano, Katsina and Niger States.
He said that anti-corruption networks established and supported by the project had increased from seven to 11 within a year
The director added that the civil society networks were trained and supported and were directly working with more than 171 local organisations across communities in Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara. (NAN)
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