By Doyin Ojosipe As citizens continue to emphasize the importance of a whistleblower protection legislation, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), have reiterated their commitment to work with Community Based Organisations to reduce corruption at…
Whistleblowing: AFRICMIL Engages CBOs in North-Central
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, (AFRICMIL) has called on Community Based Organizations (CBOs), to advocate the need to tackle corruption at the grassroots through whistleblowing. This was emphasized in a one-day town hall meeting held in Ilorin on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The event which was organized by AFRICMIL, with the support…
ICPC Commends, Partners AFRICMIL
By Doyin Ojosipe The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Tuesday, agreed to partner with the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) on its whistleblowing initiative tagged Corruption Anonymous (CORA). Olayinka Aiyebayo, Head, Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Division (CMED) at the Commission made this known during a courtesy call by…
Whistleblowing: AFRICMIL commences training of CBOs for community awareness
By Doyin Ojosipe The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) on Thursday, January 30, 2020 began another round of engagement on creating awareness among Nigerians on the whistleblowing policy. The fresh round of nationwide engagement involves training of Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and local Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on how they can make…
Whistleblowing at 2: More still needs to be done, say stakeholders
Stakeholders on Monday, December 17, reiterated the need for the Federal Government to be sincere and resolute in the fight against corruption. They made the call at a national summit organised by the African Centre for Media & Information (AFRICMIL) to mark two years of the whistleblowing policy introduced in December 2016. The stakeholders agreed…