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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.
Dr Kole Shettima, the Africa Regional Director of the foundation, announced this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja.
Dr. Kole Shettima, the Regional Director, MacArthur Foundation, has advised Nigerian journalists to embrace and do more investigative reporting to promote good governance and deepen democracy in the country.
A cross section of Journalists on Monday in Abuja, called for more investment in fact-checking to ensure dissemination of accurate and balanced information.
The event is being put together by the African Centre for Media & Information Literacy in conjunction with House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project and the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism
The programme, tagged: “Fast Forward,” an initiative co-funded by both the British Council in Nigeria and the MacArthur Foundation, is designed to equip young Nigerians with required employability skills and plug practical-knowledge gaps using the work-based learning approach for 1,000 beneficiaries across Lagos, Rivers and Cross River States
Oke, a lecturer at the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law, University of Lagos, said at a media launch of a report on the power sector, regretted that with the trillions allegedly invested in the sector, the country has yet to enjoy uninterrupted power supply.