By Omeiza Ajayi & Ezra Ukanwa
Six years after it introduced the Whistleblower Policy to help in its fight against corruption, the Federal Government has lamented the growing disinterest being shown by Nigerians in reporting incidents of corruption, and called for more citizen participation.
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, alongside the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed and Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasan-oye, stated this in Abuja during the launch of the Partners United/Whistleblowing Reporting Portal, organized by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, AFRICMIL, in collaboration with the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Foundation.
Malami, who was represented by his Special Assistant on Cyber Crimes, Mr. Abiodun Aikomo, called for sustainable partnership between citizens and the Federal Government stressing that it was key to tackling corruption with patriotic vigour.
He said; “The Whistleblowing Policy has achieved some modest successes, but I should say that those successes so far recorded are still suboptimal compared to what we can achieve if we drive it very efficiently.
“The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, which I represent on behalf of the federal government of Nigeria has done a lot of things in furtherance of the anti corruption war.
“The modest successes we have recorded notwithstanding, the reality today is that it is...
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