Groups Task FG On National Anti-corruption Strategy

Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) and its partners have urged the federal government to ensure the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy and the Proceed of Crime Act.

They stated this during a one-day National Dialogue on Anti-Corruption held in Abuja.

In a communique, jointly signed by David Ugolor of ANEEJ, Mohammed Attah of the Procurement Observation and Advocacy Initiative and Adekunle Lukeman Adefolahan for the 21st Century Community Empowerment for Youth and Women Initiative, the groups harped on the current position of NEC and Governors’ Forum that described the social register put together under the Buhari administration as not credible.

The hybrid event was hosted under the ANEEJ-SCALE project tagged, “Enhancing Anti-corruption and Social Inclusive Reform Initiatives in Nigeria.”

ANEEJ is implementing the SCALE project as the anchor for the anti-corruption cluster, working with eight partner civil society organisations (CSOs) under the Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) project.

The SCALE project is a five-year project being implemented by Palladium and its resource partners with funds from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It is designed to enhance local civil society organisations’ ability to be positive and responsible change agents in Nigeria.

They said, “That the media should work more closely with the civil society organizations to develop and build their capacity on key areas of development needs as well as around whistleblower protection law.

“That CSOs should engage in more strategies and learning principles that will enhance their capacity to engage critical issues of corruption, especially as it relates to ethics and standards expectations in public procurement and good governance.”