It’s gratifying to note that the transformation in journalism practise has witnessed increased collaboration between whistleblowers and journalists working across continents to expose corruption. While the civil society must work to have a robust protection law for whistleblowers, they should not ignore the fact that journalists also deserve full protection to enable them to do their jobs effectively.
Working in the sticky terrain of whistleblowing in the last five years of the introduction of the whistleblowing policy by the Nigerian government has been expectedly daunting for no less a reason than the fact that it is an engagement that seeks a complete turnaround in the way the people are used to behaving.
A mission to invert an inbred tradition that celebrates silence and consent in the face of wrongdoing is bound to be met with some narrow-minded resistance, no matter how feeble. In weak states like Nigeria where corruption thrives mostly through wanton abetment, such resistance is sometimes shown brazenly, either through open rebuffs in the process of promoting whistleblowing as a viable anti-corruption tool, or frequently manifesting in the daring perpetuation of harsh retaliation against gutsy workers who blow the whistle.
Much of the opposition are often issuing from government offices where a good number of workers seem not interested in engaging accountability mechanisms such as the Freedom of information (FOI) and public procurement laws, not to mention...
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