A Non-Governmental Organisation, Whistle-Blowers Anti-Corruption Reporting Network, has called on the National Assembly to pass the Whistleblower Protection Bill to encourage the reporting of corrupt practices in the country.
Mr Gabriel Onwe, the Executive Director, WARN, stated this at the inauguration of the NGO in Abuja.
He said that if the bill passed, it would serve as an incentive to potential whistleblowers and encourage more reports of financial crimes among the citizens.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the bill if passed into law would ensure adequate protection of whistleblowers from reprisals, victimisation, isolation and humiliation, which were some of the consequences of whistle-blowing.
NAN also reports that this mechanism is a recognised concept that has been adopted by many countries of the world and it has helped in the fight against corruption.
According to him, whistleblowing is an anti-corruption programme that encourages the voluntary disclosure of information about fraud bribery, looted government funds and so on to the Ministry of Finance through its portal.
He added that a whistleblower who provided information about any stolen funds were entitled to 2.5 percentage of the recovered funds by the Nigerian government.
“It is not acceptable for the bill to be sitting in National Assembly without being passed for many years now.
“We will do everything humanly possible to make them see the reason why this bill must be passed into law.
“Since its...
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