The Federal Government has said Nigerians are still
reluctant to report incidences of corruption, challenging them to be ready to
pay the supreme price for the development of the nation.
Executive Secretary, Presidential Advisory Committee on
Anti-Corruption, Sadiq Raddah, stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, at the public
presentation of the report of a survey on five years of whistle-blowing policy
in Nigeria carried out by the African Centre for Media and Information
Literacy.
He challenged anti-corruption advocates in the country to
beam their focus on humanitarian interventions, saying there was seeming
malfeasance in the distribution of relief materials to Internally Displaced
Persons.
Raddah said, “Since the idea of whistleblowing began, we
have realised some problems by people who want to blow the whistle.
“Yes, it is good to be afraid but if you become captive of
fear and you want to be righteous, you end up being a captive without delivering.
”I have always said we must be willing to pay the price for
doing what is good, including losing our lives.
“I have said several times that nobody wants to die but it
is not bad to die while trying to pursue what is good. So people who want to
blow the party history across the country, please try not to be afraid but
indeed don’t be careless.”
The PACAC executive secretary said the whistleblowing policy
should also extend to assets declaration.
Speaking at the event, the Coordinator, AFRICMIL, Chido
Onumah, explained that the Corruption Anonymous project initiated by his
organisation was meant to mobilise Nigerians to key into the whistleblowing
policy which was unveiled in 2016.
He said, “Apart from the survey, AFRICMIL is also using this
occasion to introduce a safe and secure whistleblowing platform which was put
together with the collaboration of the Yar’Adua Foundation. When it launched,
the platform will offer citizens an avenue to report corrupt practices
anonymously.”
The survey found that many Nigerians doubted the effectiveness
of the whistleblowing policy in country.
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