The present administration in December, 2016 introduced the whistle-blower policy as a strategy to curb corruption in the country but the initiative has remained at the level of policy with no serious attempt to back it up with an enabling law especially to protect whistle blowers. JOY YESUFU in this report takes a look at…
Sambo vs NBET: Defendant’s counsels deploy delay tactics as court again adjourns case
By Doyin Ojosipe The National Industrial Court on Monday, granted an application for adjournment of proceedings to enable the defendants, Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) and its MD, Marylin Amobi, respond to a counter affidavit served by a whistleblower, Sambo Abdullahi. The case has been adjourned to October 16, 2019, and the judge says…
AFRICMIL, other CSOs want Buhari to sign bill on beneficial ownership register
Press Release We are gathered here to call on the Presidency to assent to the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) repeal Bill that is laid at the table of the President. This legislative framework will provide a legal foundation to beneficial ownership discourse. If passed, it will lead to the establishment of the electronic…
Whistleblowing: AFRICMIL organises capacity building workshop for PICA staff
The African Centre for Media and information Literacy (AFRICMIL), Tuesday, organised a one-day training workshop for staff of Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) in Abuja. The training which focused on basic concepts and practices in three key areas, namely, forensic investigation, exchange rate fluctuation and forex malpractice, as well as common areas of malpractice…
AFRICMIL trains journalists on whistleblowing policy, whistleblower protection
By Doyin Ojosipe The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), on Monday held a training workshop for journalists on Whistleblowing and the Fight Against Corruption in Nigeria. Declaring the workshop open, Chido Onumah, Co-ordinator of AFRICMIL, said apart from the need for continuous collaboration with the media in driving the whistleblowing awareness campaign,…