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).
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The exercise is ahead of the groups’ participation at the 21st edition of the Annual Nigerian International Book Fair held from May 12-14, 2022.
On October 6, 2021, AFRICMIL wrote to the chairman of ICPC, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, urging him “to get to the root of the scandalous breach of the Act establishing the NPTF, as well as the willful disregard of the recommendation of the KPMG report which clearly established the grounds for prudent management of the Trust Fund.”
The event, which starts at 10a.m. at NECA House on Plot A2, Hakeem Balogun Way, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, is themed: “One Year After #EndSARS, 35 Years After Dele Giwa and the Quest to Remake Nigeria.
This was disclosed at a training for lawyers on: “Whistleblower Protection in Nigeria,” organised by the African Centre for Media Literacy in collaboration with Cleen Foundation, with support from MacArthur Foundation on Friday in Abuja.
In a statement, Dr. Chido Onumah, Coordinator of AFRICMIL, noted that the country has lost a brilliant scholar and a relentless crusader in the quest for democracy and good governance.
In a statement by signed by its Coordinator, Chido Onumah, the Centre applauded the forensic audit of the Commission ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari and the ongoing probe by the House of Representatives, noting that the Commission has been mired in corruption since it was created in 2000.
The Centre highlighted fair and upright application of the rules as one of three key areas in engaging the whistleblowing policy.
In a statement to mark this year’s World Whistleblowing Day, the organisation noted that Nigeria is playing catch-up with an issue other African countries like Ghana, South Africa and Uganda have formalised.
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy has called on Dr. Marilyn Amobi, MD/CEO of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, to comply with the judgment of the National Industrial Court in Abuja, which ordered the immediate payment of the salaries, emoluments and accruable benefits of a whistleblower, Sambo Abdullahi, which she has withheld since December 2017.
On World Whistleblowing Day celebrated June 23 every year, the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy has called on the Nigerian Government to make the protection of whistleblowers a priority in its fight against corruption.
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy has commended the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for investigating and issuing a report on the petition alleging corrupt practices and abuse of office against Dr. Marilyn Amobi, MD/CEO of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company Plc.
The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, a non-governmental organization focused on good governance and the promotion of accountability, has applied to the Code of Conduct Bureau for the asset declaration of the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed.
Reacting to the public spat between President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, the organisation said the Federal Government has a duty to probe “all grey areas in every administration, beyond the alleged $16 billion power sector expenditure”.
AFRICMIL’s project against graft is themed: “Corruption Anonymous,” while Akin Fadeyi Foundation took the nation by storm when it launched: “Corruption Not In My Country,” a series of audio-visual TV commercials against corruption at the micro level.
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.