The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) has called on anticorruption agencies, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to probe video clips showing Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, allegedly receiving bribes from contractors. AFRICMIL is a nongovernmental organisation working to…
Exposing corruption, civic duty of all, stakeholders tell Nigerians
Stakeholders on Thursday emphasized the need for every Nigerian to expose corruption, as it is a civic duty of all towards a better society. The position was unanimously taken at a zonal town hall meeting with the theme, “Whistleblowing and the fight against Corruption,” organised by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL),…
Whistleblowing: Nullify sack of lecturer, AFRICMIL urges Education Minister
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), has called on the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to urgently intervene and void the sack of a lecturer, Mr Joseph Akeju, whose appointment was terminated by the governing council of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech), Lagos, for exposing corrupt practices at the institution. Mr. Akeju,…
AFRICMIL’s media dialogue on one year of the whistleblowing policy in Nigeria
AFRICMIL is a non- governmental organisation that focuses on media, information research, advocacy and training. It aims to promote media and information literacy as a key component in the enhancement of democracy and good governance and the promotion of accountability and orderly society. As part of its good governance initiative, AFRICMIL launched Corruption Anonymous…
The role of whistle-blowers in the fight against corruption in Nigeria
By Femi Falana Introduction The practice of blowing the whistle by citizens is not new in Nigeria. In pre-colonial African societies traditional law enforcement institutions relied on information provided by whistle blowers in maintaining law and order. For instance, the Yoruba people believed that an Oba could obtain information from whistle-blowers to get to the…