The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy has sensitised various communities in Anambra State to the whistleblowing policy of the Federal Government.
The agency highlighted the importance of training and sensitising the rural communities to understand the importance of whistleblowing and how it impacts positively on the general public.
Speaking during a one-day stepdown training/meeting on ‘Strengthening the capacity of stakeholders on the whistleblowing policy’, in Ekwulobia, Anambra State, on Wednesday, the coordinator, AFRICMIL, Chidi Onuma, described whistleblowing simply as “See something, say something”.
Onuma said the rural people were being trained on the whistleblowing policy with a view to equipping them on ways they could effectively monitor constituency and government activities to ensure the right thing was done.
He advised them to always report any wrongdoing which has negative public effect to anti-graft agencies such as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, he AFRICMIL or the state designated anti-graft agency for prompt action.
The programme, which was facilitated by the International Peace and Civil Responsibility Centre and MacArthur Foundation, had members from the Anambra North/South and Central constituencies in attendance.
Onuma told the participants to ensure that their reports are true, factual and with evidences to back them up, to avoid reprisal.
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