₦airaland Forum

By Muhammad Abdullahi Sani. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister
of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said that
the much celebrated anti-corruption whistle blowing
policy is not working because it is being abused by
some to settle personal scores.
He said this Thursday in Abuja at the formal launch
of the Corruption Anonymous (CORA) whistleblowing
platform organised by the African Centre for Media
and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) and other
partner.

Represented by Mr Abiodun Aikomo, Special
Assistant to the president on financial crimes, the
AGF commended AFRICMIL for the initiative to
support the government’s anti-corruption fight.
He said the process for having robust legislation for
the protection of whistleblowers was ongoing and
that the government was not relenting in its fight
against corruption.

“Governments cannot do it alone. So, we need
everybody, I want you to know that the government is
committed to bringing everybody on board,” he said.
Earlier, the Coordinator, AFRICMIL, Dr Chido Onumah,
said that the CORA whistleblowing platform was
organised to increase citizens’ participation in the
anti-corruption fight in Nigeria.

He recalled that the federal government on December
22, 2016, introduced the whistleblowing policy that
offered, among other things, financial incentives for
citizens who blow the whistle that leads to the recovery
of looted public funds.
He said that AFRICMIL launched CORA in its quest to
help the government get the desired impact of the
policy.

Also, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof.
Bolaji Owasanoye, represented by a board member of
the commission, Mrs Anne Odey, commended
AFRICMIL and Yar’ Adua Foundation for their
initiatives.

On his part, Director General, National Orientation
Agency (NOA), Dr Garba Abari, represented by the
Director of Press, Mr Paul Odenyi, urged AFRICMIL,
MacArthur Foundation, Yar’Adua Foundation and
other partners to extend the whistleblowing platform
to elections in the country.
Abari said vote buying and selling in the electoral
process was becoming worrisome, hence the need to
nip it in the bud.