African Center for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), has called on President Tinubu’s administration to facilitate the passage of the whistleblower protection bill into law.
AFRICMIL Coordinator, Dr. Chido Onumah stated this on Thursday, at a one-day review meeting of stepdown training on strengthening the Capacity of Community-based organizations on whistleblowing and whistleblower protection themed, ‘Sharing Impact by CBOs on the Promotion of Whistleblowing policy in Anambra State’.
Addressing the gathering in Awka, Anambra State capital, Onumah, who was represented by Senior Program Officer, Ugwu Nkechi emphasized that the group had made progress by ensuring approval of the bill by the Federal Executive Council last December, stressing that it was already working with partners to ensure the enactment of the law as quickly as possible.
He said, “As you all are aware, protection of whistleblowers is crucial to the success of whistleblowing policy implementation. Unfortunately, there’s no law yet to back the policy.
“But we’re no longer where we were when we came here for the town hall meeting and the stepdown training. We have made progress by ensuring the bill was approved by the Federal Executive Council last December.
“We are already working with partners to ensure the enactment of the law as quickly as possible.”
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