… urge Nigerians to report corruption through CORA platform
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have once again called on the ninth National Assembly (NASS) to expeditiously enact legislation on whistleblowing in Nigeria before their term of office elapses in May 2023.
Barely three weeks ago, African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) partnered with Shehu Musa Yar’adua Foundation (SMYF) to launch Corruption Anonymous (CORA) whistleblowing platform specially meant for Nigerians to report corrupt acts or other forms of wrongdoings by citizens.
Hitherto, CSOs and well-meaning Nigerians have been imploring the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to get the country legislation on whistleblowing, having established a whistleblowing policy in 2016.
The latest calls for the executive and legislative arms of the Federal Government to work together and enact a law on whistleblowing came during an anti-corruption radio programme, PUBLIC CONSCIENCE, produced by the Progressive Impact Organization for Community Development, PRIMORG, Wednesday in Abuja.
During the program, AFRICMIL’s Senior Program Officer, Godwin Onyeacholem, expressed optimism about the possibility of the Ahmed Lawan-led Senate and Femi Gbajabiamila-led House of Representatives harmonizing and passing whistleblowing bills on the ground into law if only they are willing to do so.
Onyeacholem revealed that the absence of law, lack of consequence for actions, protection of whistleblowers, and the...
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