Dr. Chido Onumah, Coordinator of the centre, said the platform: Corruption Anonymous, would deepen accountability in governance.
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Abdulrasheed Bawa, Chairman of the Commission, made the assertion on Thursday in Awka at a meeting on strengthening the capacity of stakeholders on whistleblowing policy, organised by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, (AFRICMIL).
The Coordinator, African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, Chido Onumah, stated this in a press statement on Wednesday.
Coordinator of the centre, Chico Onumah, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, commended the court for the judgment, which also included order for payment of salaries of the lawmaker for the suspension period.
A letter signed by its Coordinator, Chido Onumah, AFRICMIL, a civil society organisation committed to creating awareness and advancing the safety of whistleblowers, said it was imperative for the Minister of Education to look into the case as any step taken to deny him his entitlements as a patriotic and upright retiring public servant will spell doom for the fight against corruption
Kukah said this at the launch of a book titled: “The Shadow List,” written by Dr. Todd Moss and organised by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy in Abuja
It specifies between 2.5 per cent to 5 per cent of total recovery as reward for citizens whose acts of whistleblowing lead to the recovery of looted public funds.
Falana made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at the National Stakeholders’ Summit on Whistle-blowing, organised by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy.
Murtala Ibrahim, the Head of Special Investigation/ICT in the Audit Department, was sacked on May 8, 2017, while his boss, Taslim Anibaba, the Head of Internal Audit Department, was placed on indefinite suspension on August 25, 2017.
At the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing media and information literacy, training and advocacy, as well as promoting accountability and good governance, we have for long been deeply worried by the growing damaging effects of corruption in the country.
According to a statement signed by Chido Onumah, the Coordinator of AFRICMIL, Corruption Anonymous is billed as a civil society and people-centred intervention to mobilize citizens as the critical success factor in the war against corruption in Nigeria through whistle-blowing.
Chido Onumah, Coordinator, ACFMIL, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday.
In a statement signed by the Coordinator of AFRICMIL, Chido Onumah, to mark the International Literacy Day, the organization noted that hate speech has over the years caused many crises around the world.
The managing director said corruption was the cause of decay in infrastructure across the country as money voted for building or rehabilitation often ended up in personal accounts.
In a press statement signed by Chido Onumah, the Coordinator of AFRICMIL, the organization said Ibrahim, a Unit Head in the ICT Process Audit and Special Investigation Unit of the bank, was unjustly disengaged on May 8, 2017 for blowing the whistle on contract scam and the bank’s manufactured 2016 Half-Year Validation Report
In a statement signed by the Coordinator of the Centre, Chido Onumah, AFRICMIL expressed delight that the success so far recorded was a pointer to the fact that the policy was proving to be an effective tool in checking widespread corruption in the polity
The request, granted on April 3, was for the CCB to reveal the details of the assets declared by officials in the administrations of former President Goodluck Jonathan and President Muhammad Buhari
In a statement signed by the Coordinator of the centre, Chido Onumah, AFRICMIL expressed displeasure over reported dismissal from service of an Assistant Director in the Directorate for Technical Cooperation in Africa, an agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ntia Thompson, for blowing the whistle on the diversion of $229,000 and N800,000 by key officials in the Directorate