Nigerian lecturers are more corrupt than politicians, rector of Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, Dr Theresa Akande, has stated.

“Shocking as this will sound, many of the Ad-hoc staff of INEC during elections are usually staff of tertiary institutions. Where is the change coming from? Who are the people to bring the change? Who would implement the change?

“For corruption and all other frauds to be eradicated, we must look beyond those who stole in billion and trillion, it should be tackled holistically. Lecturers who inflate marks, mess around with female students, demand sex for marks or make demands for money are corrupt, in fact, more corrupt because they are destroying lives.

“Students who engage in examination malpractices are corrupt. Staff who report late or absent themselves willfully from work are corrupt.

“So, all forms of corruption must be battled to a standstill because if this is not done, we will only be scratching the surface of our problems instead of uprooting the very tap root.”

She spoke on Tuesday at the 10th National Conference of School of Business Studies with the theme: “Anticipated Change(s) in Nigeria: the Roles of Tertiary Institutions."