BY VICTOR TERHEMBA
There is a popular aphorism among Nigerians that the problem with Nigeria is not the lack of policies or laws but in the implementation. The implementation determines the functionality and success of whatever policies are introduced by the government. However, in some cases, it is both the lack of laws/policies and their implementation
My focus will be on the whistleblower policy which was introduced in December 2016 by the federal government of Nigeria. Whistleblowers are minders of good governance and the eradication of corruption. These are people who risk their professions and even their lives in the interests of the public good. Most countries, particularly developed societies, have formal legal mechanisms that seek to guarantee the protection of whistleblowers and to encourage active participation by citizens in the government’s anti-corruption efforts through the disclosure of corruption in both the public and private sectors.
However, since independence in 1960, Nigeria has been fighting corruption without a comprehensive and dedicated statute that protects whistleblowers, which sets the country’s anti-corruption drive at odds with international best practices. This is why, since the introduction of the whistleblower policy by the federal government, many of us have seen it as a good opportunity to finally have a comprehensive legal framework that protects whistleblowers and encourage more exposition of corruption. Hence, the agitations for the...
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