By Doyin Ojosipe The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) on Thursday, October 17, 2019, urged the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency ensure the passage of the whistleblowing policy into law. Chido Onumah, Coordinator of AFRICMIL made the call at a public presentation of the second year report of Corruption…
Inside FG’s whistleblowing policy without safety net
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…
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…
Support the whistleblower initiative, AFRICMIL urges FG
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), has charged the federal government to provide sufficient funding support for the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) in order to ensure a successful implementation of the whistleblower policy. Chido Onumah, the Centre’s Coordinator, gave the charge as one of the recommendations for improving the whistleblower…
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),…