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…
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…
AFRICMIL, HEDA Build Network Of Journalists For Whistleblowing
By Doyin Ojosipe In a bid to expand the knowledge of journalists on whistleblowing and ensure protection for citizens who dare to blow the whistle, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), in collaboration with the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) has organized a workshop on whistleblowing and whistleblower protection for a…
Panelists advise National Assembly on urgent passage of whistleblowing bill
…As AFRICMIL, PRIMORG wrap up radio programme By Doyin Ojosipe The National Assembly has been advised to speed up action on the passage of the whistleblower law as the sustainability of whistleblowing as a tool for ensuring accountability and good governance depends on the availability of a legal framework. The call follows the persistent…
Citizens call for effective protection, say lack of protection a disincentive to whistleblowing
By Doyin Ojosipe Citizens who featured as panelists and contributors on a radio town hall meeting in Abuja have expressed uncertainty about blowing the whistle despite understanding that corruption affects every one and hinders development of the country. They noted that although corruption was endemic, it was almost difficult to do away with due to…
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