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Institutional development · Leadership and governance · Iraq

University of Diyala sports college holds seminar on combating corruption

The College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences at Iraq's University of Diyala held an awareness seminar on corruption and how to counter it, led by two assistant lecturers.

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Why it matters: The seminar was organised by the University of Diyala's College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, which hosted lectures defining corruption as an abuse of authority.

The University of Diyala said its College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences organised an awareness seminar entitled 'Corruption and Ways to Combat It'.

According to the university, the lectures were given by assistant lecturer Noor Sabah Yasser, head of the legal division, and assistant lecturer Bakr Alaa Tahseen.

The university said the talks introduced the concept of corruption, describing it as the misuse of authority.

Editor’s view

Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor

The College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences hosted the session, in which two assistant lecturers, one of them head of the legal division, presented corruption as the misuse of authority.

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