whistleblowers

Loot: FG Explains How Whistleblowers Can Get Commission

June 29, 2020 10:55 am

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said whistleblowers are only paid commission after successful recovery of funds, not for information or mere tracing.

Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant to the Minister on Media said this in a statement on Sunday.

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Malami clarified that “one does not get payment on account of exposing looted assets, but on successful recovery and payment of same into the designated assets’ recovery account at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’’.

He explained the procedure for engagement of a whistleblower

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FG Jittery As Number Of Whistleblowers Drop

November 21, 2019 4:19 pm

The Federal Government on Thursday expressed worry over the diminishing number of whistleblowers, persons willing to divulge information on looted funds and other corrupt practices.

The matter is worsened by the fact that the whistleblowers are no longer comfortable to blow the cover of corrupt persons since the new arrangement requires them to fill forms to document their claims.

The Permanent Secretary Special Duty in the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning and Head, Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA), Mr Mohammed Dikwa made the revelations on Thursday in Abuja at a workshop to discuss the draft bill …