By Yakubu Dogara Protocols: I am delighted to address this workshop on Whistle Blower’s Protection Bill for leaders of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Members of the House Committee on Financial Crimes. 2. The consequences of corruption are greater than…
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has called on the Federal Government to extend its ‘whistleblowing’ policy to the power sector to curb energy theft. Fashola made the appeal in Enugu at the 16th Power sector monthly meeting,…
Confronted with its first open test, the Federal Government is scrambling to save its whistle-blowing initiative from implosion. Activated to boost the recovery of stolen public assets, the policy was enmeshed in controversy in January after the sacking of a…
Winding up its last meeting in 2016, the Federal Executive Council approved the adoption of whistle-blowing as a veritable tool in the fight against corruption in the country. This is long overdue, given that it has become an effective weapon…
Evidently, the whistle-blowing policy has given momentum to the anti-corruption campaign. Since it was unfurled in December last year, no fewer than 2,251 actionable pieces of information on loot recovery had been passed on to the Federal Government by Nigerians.…
By Niyi Akinnaso “You’re a whistle-blower if you’re a worker and you report certain types of wrongdoing. This will usually be something you’ve seen at work – though not always. The wrongdoing you disclose must be in the public interest.…