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SATOTA-STORES (with picture)
Satota Stores key to produce honest citizens
RANGPUR, Jan 22, 2020 (BSS) – The ‘Satota Stores’ (integrity stores) set up
at educational institutions without sellers would definitely play a key role
in creating honest citizens for building a corruption-free society.
Anti-corruption activists and officials made the observation today at a
function arranged here for distribution of grants among 27 secondary level
schools for establishing ‘Satota’ stores at those institutions.
Rangpur District Combined Office of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC)
organised the event at the conference room of the Deputy Commissioner with
President of Rangpur District Corruption Prevention Committee (CPC) Shushanto
Chandra Khan in the chair.
The District Combined Office of ACC distributed Taka 5.40-lakh among 20
secondary level educational institutions of all eight upazilas in the
district with Taka 20,000 each.
Deputy Commissioner Md. Asib Ahsan as the chief guest attended the function
moderated by General Secretary of Rangpur District CPC freedom fighter Akbar
Hossain.
Rangpur Divisional Director of ACC Md. Abdul Karim, Deputy Director of
Rangpur District Combined Office of ACC Sheikh Mesbah Uddin and District
Education Officer Roksana Begum spoke on the occasion.
The educational institutions will establish ‘Satota’ stores without sellers
with the grants to enable students in collecting necessary goods from there
by paying price spontaneously to practice honesty and integrity since
childhood. The chief guest urged the students to play their role in keeping
the society free from corruption and cited a number of examples of ‘Satota
Stores’ those succeeded toward the direction of practicing honesty in
different areas of the country.
“The teachers and students should join the fight against corruption,” he
said, adding that the ‘Satota Stores’ will help students to differentiate
between right and wrong, promote moral integrity and values of self-esteem
and honesty.
Highly appreciating the unique type of initiatives of establishing ‘Satota
Stores’ at educational institutions, the speakers said students would
practice shopping educational inputs and other goods at the stores honestly
without shopkeeper.
Abdul Malek said corruption is still remaining as a major barrier to
progress and the nation might witness an additional two percent GDP growth
taking it to double digit level if corruption was reduced by 50 percent in
the country.
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