The Coordinator, African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, Dr Chido Onumah, has urged President Bola Tinubu to quicken the passage of the whistleblower protection bill and ensure it is signed into law.
Onumah said passage of the bill will ensure the protection of whistleblowers which is crucial to the success of whistleblowing policy implementation and the fight against corruption.
He stated these in Awka, on Friday, during a one-day review meeting and step-down training on strengthening the capacity of community-based organisations on whistleblowing and whistleblower protection.
The event, themed, ‘Sharing impact by community-based organisations on the promotion of whistleblowing policy in Anambra State’, was aimed at interacting with critical stakeholders on the framework of the whistleblowing policy and strengthening the capacity of CBOs towards the policy.
Onumah, represented at the event by the Senior Programme Officer of the organisation, Ugwu Nkechi, said the group had made progress by ensuring the approval of the bill by the Federal Executive Council last December, stressing that it was already working with partners to ensure the enactment of the law as quickly as possible.
He said the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari did not pass the whistleblowing protection draft bill into law before the expiration of the tenure.
He said, “As you all are aware, protection of whistleblowers is crucial to the success of whistleblowing policy...
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