Following frustration voiced out by the Buhari-led administration over poor participation of Nigerians in the Whistleblower Policy after six years it was introduced to upscale fight against corruption, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, weekend, told the Federal Government to make policy attractive and transparent.
Speaking with Vanguard on the failure, collapse and way forward about the Whistleblower policy, the CSOs including Africa Network for Environmental and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Concerned Nigerians, and others said the fight against corruption in Nigeria is just a lip-service as more looting is ongoing at various levels and scale.
Lack of political will killed interest of Nigerians in Whistleblower policy -ANEEJ
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The Executive Director, Africa Network for Environmental and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Reverend David Ugolor, said lack of political will killed interest of Nigerians in Whistleblower policy.
Ugolor said: “The citizens welcome the whistle blowing policy but the government was unable to implement it because of conflict of interest and lack of political will at the leadership level.
“As a result of this the citizens could not trust government and decided to ignore the policy.
“Those who made efforts to blow the whistle could not share good experience which could have encouraged others to participate in the policy.”
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