BudgIT is a civic organization that employs the use of technology to breakdown government policies for easier understanding and assimilation by the populace with the aim of facilitating societal change.
The Executive Director of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, Dayo Aiyetan is one of the seven international journalists listed for the 2017/2018 edition of the prestigious Knight-Walace journalism fellowship offered by the University of Michigan, United States of America.
The protesting journalists charged the State government to ensure security of lives and property in the state, while urging the police to fish out the killers of their colleague.
The training which focuses on “Strengthening the Capacity of the Nigerian Media to Investigate and Report Procurement Process” is being supported by MacArthur Foundation.
The African Centre for Media & Information Literacy, AFRICMIL, has launched a civil society whistle blower project named Corruption Anonymous which aims to create public confidence and acceptance of the new Whistle-Blower Initiative of the Nigerian government.
The International Centre for Investigative Reporting, ICIR, is one of the 9 media organisations that will receive a total of $5 million dollars from the MacArthur Foundation to strengthen their capacity to advance transparency and anti-corruption efforts in Nigeria.
