 And as part of the efforts to tackle endemic corruption and fraudulent activities in Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation has organised a tonne whole meeting on anti-corruption and promotion of good governance in Pothackert River State Capital. The Grupo, a data media advocacy centre at WAMAC, used local communities as change agents to fight corruption. Speaking on the airsins of the meeting, the leader of the WADATA Media and Advocacy Centre, Zuber Idri says the workshop is meant to appraise new concepts in fighting corruption, with a view to reducing practices in Nigeria through citizens' participation. Corruption is not only synonymous with monetary terms, but also certain moral acts and inappropriate behaviours of public servants towards service delivery. Access to information is the oxygen of democracy, and we must all work to make information and records available to the public for the promotion of good governance. Idri says the recent developments in the NDDC have given way of hope to various communities to be more proactive and resilient in discoursing anti-corruption issues. Other resource persons at the training save the fight against corruption will not succeed without active citizens' participation, especially local communities. Our commitment to the promotion of good governance and promotion of accountability in this project, and concept by MADATA Media Advocacy Centre, it is our hope that our various communities will own the fight against corruption and demand for accountability by political leaders. So, we should go down to the grass roots. Let us go down to the grass roots. Let us let our people know the enormity of this problem. When we speed the lamp where they understand, then they will do what they want them to do. The area we stand and say no to it, collective is not just home versus fight. If we stand and say no to it, I believe it will stop. And how do we do it? At least through education, sensitization. Chino Achebe said it long ago. The problem with Nigeria, he said, was leadership. But on our part, let's reinvent our communities, and that is where this program is most relevant. Let's then make our community money through concept by the local government chairman and the commissioner from our place to touch. I'm advocating that education will help us. And I know that civics is lost now. We don't teach civics these days in our schools. And I think those kinds of civic education should return. The communities are equipped. EOCC has talked about the languages. Yes, but the communities are equipped. There's no capacity building at the community level to enable the community to help us in the fight against corruption. The theme for the gathering is community participation in the fight against corruption in Nigeria using local languages. Hello. Hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.