Representatives of civil society organizations and anti-corruption bodies at a meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, called for stronger legal protection for corruption whistleblowers. Participants said that people who report abuses risk persecution due to insufficient safeguards.
As Premium Times Nigeria reports, the discussion took place during a seminar organized by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre together with the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa. The event was attended by representatives of anti-corruption institutions, lawyers, media, civil society organizations and other stakeholders.
Panel participants described reporting violations as one of the effective tools for exposing corruption and linked it to freedom of expression. They noted that Nigeria still lacks a separate law on whistleblower protection, while, according to them, relevant legal mechanisms are already in place in Ghana, Liberia and Senegal.
Nigeria's National Assembly is already considering a whistleblower protection bill. Seminar participants called for its adoption, as well as for stronger opportunities for anonymous reporting and witness protection.
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