Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have once again called on the ninth National Assembly (NASS) to expeditiously enact legislation on whistleblowing in Nigeria before their term of office elapses in May 2023. Barely three weeks ago, African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) partnered with Shehu Musa Yar’adua Foundation (SMYF) to launch Corruption Anonymous (CORA)…
AFRICMIL, Yar’Adua Foundation Launch CORA Whistleblowing Reporting Portal
By Doyin Ojosipe Nigerians can now report corrupt practices anonymously, using the Corruption Anonymous (CORA) whistleblowing reporting portal https://www.partnersunited.org/whistleblowing The portal, which is the first comprehensive civil society-driven whistleblowing platform, is the brainchild of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) and Shehu Musa Yar’adua Foundation (SMYF). As a scale-up of the whistleblowing…
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…
AFRICMIL Launches Survey on Five Years of Whistleblowing Policy in Nigeria
By Doyin Ojosipe Investigations have shown that the attitude of the Federal Government towards operationalization of the whistleblowing policy was responsible for the dwindling interest of Nigerians in the whistleblowing policy. A survey by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) revealed that although many Nigerians are aware of the whistleblowing policy, they…
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…