By Doyin Ojosipe Panelists have called on lawyers in the country to join in the anti-graft war by providing pro bono services for embattled whistleblowers. They gave the charge during a radio program on KISS FM 99.9, Abuja. The program with the theme, “protection for whistleblowers in the whistleblowing policy: how adequate” was organised by…
AFRICMIL Launches Survey on Five Years of Whistleblowing Policy in Nigeria
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has begun a survey to assess the impact of the whistleblowing policy introduced in December 2016 by the government of Nigeria. The survey is being conducted in six states across the six geo-political zones and Abuja. The states are Lagos and Oyo (South-West), Rivers (South-South), Imo…
AFRICMIL Begins Sensitization Workshop for Staff of MDAs on Entrenching Whistleblowing
In its effort to entrench whistleblowing in the public sector, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) is collaborating with the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) to begin a sensitization and training engagement with staff of revenue-generating Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). AFRICMIL has in the past four years been working to…
Maternal mortality: women urged to blow the whistle
By Doyin Ojosipe Women have been asked to actively engage in whistleblowing as a way of helping to reduce corruption in society. Speaking as one of the panelists at a radio townhall meeting organised by African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in collaboration with Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) on Raypower…
Wole Soyinka Centre, AFRICMIL to hold media dialogue on the state of the nation
In the light of mounting security challenges, poverty, lack of accountability by government, secession threats, poor economic indices and shrinking civic space in Nigeria, the 2021 Wole Soyinka Media Lecture Series scheduled for Tuesday, 13th July 2021 at NECA Hall, Agidingbi, Ikeja Lagos, by 1.00pm (WAT) will focus on the theme – Remaking Nigeria: Towards a…