Dr. Chido Onumah, Coordinator of the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, has urged President Bola Tinubu to expedite and ensure the signing into law of the whistleblower protection bill.
According to Onumah, the bill’s passage will guarantee the protection of whistleblowers, which is essential to the implementation of whistleblowing policies and the fight against corruption.
During a one-day review meeting and step-down training on strengthening community-based organizations’ capacity for whistleblowing and whistleblower protection, he made these remarks on Friday in Awka
organizations on the promotion of whistleblowing policy in Anambra State,” was meant to help CBOs become more adept at the policy and interact with important stakeholders about its structure.
Onumah, addressed at the occasion by the Senior Program Official of the association, Ugwu Nkechi, said the gathering had gained ground by guaranteeing the endorsement of the bill by the Government Leader Chamber last December, focusing on that it was at that point working with accomplices to guarantee the authorization of the law as fast as could be expected.
He asserted that the draft whistleblower protection bill was not enacted prior to President Muhammadu Buhari’s current administration’s departure.
“As you all are aware, protection of whistleblowers is essential to the success of whistleblowing policy implementation,” he stated. Tragically, there is no regulation yet to back the arrangement.
“However, we are no longer where we were when we came here for the step-down training and town hall meeting. We have gained ground by guaranteeing the bill was supported by the Government Chief Board last December.
“We are already collaborating with partners to ensure that the law is enacted as soon as possible.”
Mr. Godwin Oche, the State Resident, Anti-Corruption Commissioner, Independent Corruption Practices Commission, stated that the Commission had used the whistleblowing tool to recover various funds and assets, including automobiles.
Oche lamented that the commission had confronted difficulties as far as bogus data which prompted the indictment of the informant.
He asserted that the commission had likewise offered insurance to a portion of the informants that have gone under assault from individuals and organizations prosecuted.
In a developing nation like Nigeria, fighting corruption remains a work in progress. The universal reiterations of misfortunes of defilement on our moral, financial, and public improvement are exceptionally disturbing.
“It, in this manner, requires joint endeavors of state and non-state entertainers to lessen defilement in Nigeria to the barest least and birth a nation of our fantasy,” he added.
On his part, the Director of the Anambra Common Society Organization, Ruler Chris Azor, noticed that debasement basically signifies “misappropriation of our province”, bringing up that it stays the right of residents to hold their chiefs, responsible consistently.
“We are glad to take note of that Local area Based Associations have been observing ventures at their regions and these means have been yielding profits,” he noted.
