The Whistleblowing Advocacy Coalition has condemned the continued harassment and sack of whistleblowers in the country's public sector, urging the President Muhammadu Buhari -led All Progressives Congress APC administration to put in place a protective framework for whistleblowers.

It added that several whistleblowers in the civil service have faced adverse reactions ranging from outright dismissal, suspension without pay, denial of salary and promotion, intimidation and harassment.

"Even to exercise the right to refuse participation in corrupt acts attracts punishment from the management of public institutions", the coalition alleged.

Members of the coalition include Dr Chido Onumah, Coordinator, African Centre for Media & Information Literacy AFRICMIL; Augustine Agbonsuremi, Executive Director, Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development PRIMORG; Auwal Rafsanjani, Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre CISLAC and Botti Isaac, Programmes Coordinator, Social Development Integrated Centre (Social Action).

Others are Dayo Aiyetan, Executive Director, International Centre for Investigative Reporting ICIR, Osai Ojigho, Country Director, Amnesty International Nigeria and Oke Epia, Executive Director, Orderpaper Advocacy Initiative (Order Paper).

At a joint news conference on Thursday in Abuja to mark the 2022 International Anti-Corruption Day, the coalition identified one of the gaps in the fight against corruption as the undue delay in...

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