NANS Applauds Olukoyede, Honours him with Outstanding Leadership Award

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has commended the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede for the successes being recorded in the fight economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption in the country.

The Association gave this commendation in Abuja on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 when its leaders came on a courtesy visit to the EFCC boss at the Commission’s corporate headquarters.

In his remarks, the leader of the delegation and NANS’ Secretary General, Shedrack Anzaku, declared that NANS “sees a man of integrity, stellar performance and impeccable character, whom the students wish to emulate in Olukoyede” and as a result honoured him with a National Outstanding Leadership Award.

“On behalf of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, we present a National Outstanding Leadership award to the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede as a proof of good leadership and epitome of hope and in recognition of your commitment to youth empowerment, your passion to humanity and also educational transformation and your contribution towards the improvement of the lives of downtrodden” he said.

Speaking further, he stated that the direction of NANS going forward is to be partners in progress with the EFCC in the area of the fight against cybercrime among students. “What we want to do from now is to partner with the EFCC at the level of fighting social vices by calling the Commission’s attention to students who are doing any form of internet fraud. So we want to be partners in progress. When we see something, we will say something,” he said.

While lending his voice, Comrade James Uneze, Director of Special Duties in the office of NANS Secretary General stated that “We cannot talk about development in Nigeria in area of accountability and financial freedom; in the area of fighting financial and economic crime; in the area of leadership effectiveness and vibrance to the task to serve humanity for equity and justice, charity to the underprivileged and open door policy to all Nigerians irrespective of where they come from or the faith they profess without mentioning the name, Ola Olukoyede.”

Further in his remarks, Uneze said that the leadership of NANS partly came to congratulate the EFCC boss on his “successful service delivery, aimed at emancipating Nigerians from the shackles of poverty, oppression and deprivations as keen observers of your outstanding track record and achievements in the area of ensuring that we live in a corruption-free society and quest for positive national development,” adding that “We will always support the EFCC. We will always report every form of crime to ensure that the EFCC achieves its mandate which is for the development of Nigeria and emancipation of the masses.”

While declaring that Nigerian students desire to be EFCC ambassadors, Uneze noted that “the EFCC has played a very critical role in ensuring accountability, effectiveness and governance in all sectors of our nation,” declaring that “Nigerian students stand against every kind of corruption and every kind of fraud. Be it on the campus or in society.”

Olukoyede in his response, conveyed by the Director, Public Affairs, Commander of the EFCC, CE Wilson Uwujaren, expressed delight at the visit and at the efforts of the students’ national union at fighting internet fraud in the campuses. He urged them not to relent on the path of what is good and ethical, knowing that the country belongs to them as future leaders.

“I am glad to find that you have indicated that you are doing a lot of work in terms of instilling ethical behaviours among your members in all the campuses. What you are doing aligns with the mandate of the Commission, which is to fight all forms of corruption in any manifestation at all across all sectors. So, we welcome that. What we have with students’ organizations across the country is partnership. We have an all-year round programme of establishing clubs in secondary schools and tertiary institutions across the nation because we know that the future of this country belongs to the youth,” he said.

The EFCC boss stressed that the efforts of the EFCC and the results they yield are entirely for the good of the country and urged the students to support the Commission in eradicating cybercrime, especially in the campuses.

“The sacrifice that we are making in this country is for you. That we are going about endangering our safety and lives to fight corruption is because we want a future that Nigerians who are young now will benefit from. The recoveries that we are making are not for our pockets. The money that we recover is being ploughed back into the economy to ensure that we have good infrastructure and good social services.”

EFCC Boss

While pointing out that the EFCC is a friend of Nigerian youths and students, he regretted the allure of cybercrime to the youth, noting that the EFCC and all well-meaning Nigerians have a responsibility to fight it for the sake of the country and its citizens. “We can’t run away from the fact that we have a problem in terms of cybercrime in Nigeria. All of us admit the fact that a lot of young people are involved in cybercrime and it is our responsibility both as EFCC and as Nigerian citizens to ensure that we fight cybercrime in our nation. Because whether we like it or not, that challenge is giving this country a bad reputation across the world,” he said.

He charged Nigerian students as critical stakeholders in the making of a new Nigeria to put in more work in the campuses against cybercrime.

“You are key stakeholders in the fight against corruption. As citizens and as students who are the future leaders of this country, I’m charging you people to continue to spread the anti-cybercrime message across the campuses because it is for your own good and interest. The country that you want to have as Nigerians, if you don’t make sacrifices now as students to have it, you will not have that country. All of us must come together to say no to corruption, no to financial crime and to ensure that Nigeria wins this war against economic and financial crime. So, I urge you not to relent, don’t be distracted; continue to walk side by side with us. Continue to support the activities of the EFCC because we are here for you.”