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Viral WhatsApp message on withdrawal of APC Edo governorship candidate is FALSE

Olugbenga ADANIKIN
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Viral WhatsApp message on withdrawal of APC Edo governorship candidate is FALSE

A WHATSAPP message surfaced online less than 24 hours to Edo State governorship election that  Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate for the poll has withdrawn from the race.

Edo, a state in Southern Nigeria has its gubernatorial election today September 19.

The message which was styled as a press release is titled “APC Withdrawal from Edo Election”

It reads; “Deeply distressing development says the Spokesperson, expressing strong support for the withdrawal of pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu from Participating in Edo2020 Election”.

While adding that the Ize-Iyamu would not be participating in the election.

The message has been shared several times across different WhatsApp groups.

THE CLAIM:

That the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu withdrew from the Edo governorship election race.

A screenshot of the claim from a WhatsApp group

THE FINDINGS:

The FactCheckHub checked the final list released by Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to verify if the party and its candidate have been removed from the contest as claimed in the viral message but the name of the APC candidate was present.

Osagie Andrew Ize-Iyamu (58)  is number 7 on the list.

The name of his deputy, Abudu Ganiyu Audu (50) was also in the INEC list. He was listed number 8 in the document signed by Rose Oriaran-Anthony, Secretary to the electoral commission.

Unlike what is obtainable in the media sector, the press statement was not signed by anyone.

Moreover, no such information was shared by official channels of the APC including the INEC.

Reports also affirmed Ize-Iyamu voted at Ugboko Ward 4, Unit 26, Orhionmwon Local Government Area (LGA) of the state at about 9:25 am on September 19, 2020.

In addition, Ize-Iyamu told the press that he is confident of winning after casting his vote.

Earlier on the FactCheckHub fact-checked misleading images circulating online in relation to the Edo election.

THE VERDICT: 

The claim that the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu withdrew from Edo governorship election race is FALSE.

Ize-Iyamu spoke to the press after casting his vote that he is confident of winning.

Edo Election: FALSE image circulates online that Oshiomhole voted for PDP

Niyi OYEDEJI
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Edo Election: FALSE image circulates online that Oshiomhole voted for PDP

A VIRAL post on social media claimed that a former All Progressive Congress (APC) chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, voted for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Edo gubernatorial election held on September 19.

The post with a picture showing Oshiomhole holding the ballot paper thumb printed for the PDP has been shared several times on Twitter and WhatsApp groups.

PDP Vanguard shared the picture on Twitter with the caption:  “LOL! Even Oshiomhole is voting for @GovernorObaseki!”

The same picture has been posted by several other Twitter accounts and carried by several blogs and forums.

Oshiomhole voting for PDP will mean he voted for Godwin Obaseki who is the incumbent governor of the state and running for a second term.

The two politicians have been at loggerhead before the election and their disagreement has been widely reported in the news.

 

THE CLAIM:

That an image shows a former APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole voting for PDP in the 2020 Edo Governorship election.

The manipulated image being circulated online.

THE FINDINGS:

The FactCheckhub findings revealed that the picture depicting Oshiomhole voting PDP has been manipulated.

A Google reverse image search shows the authentic photo posted by Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism,  @ptcij the image was rather showing the back of the ballot paper unlike the front page shown in the viral image. Hence, the party he voted for cannot be seen.

The original picture of Adams Oshiomhole dropping his ballot in the box

In addition, a video of the same event posted by a Twitter account, APCYF South West @apcyouthomoodua also showed that the viral image was manipulated. In the video, it was the back of the ballot paper that was shown.

THE VERDICT: 

The claim that an image shows a former APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole voting for PDP in the 2020 Edo Governorship election is FALSE. The image was manipulated.

Voters disregard COVID-19 protocol in Edo guber polls

Amos ABBA
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Voters disregard COVID-19 protocol in Edo guber polls

IN violation of the guideline by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on COVID-19, voters in the just concluded 2020 Edo gubernatorial election were seen brazenly ignoring social distancing protocol which prescribes a physical distance of at least two metres from one another in public spaces. 

Election observers who visited various wards reported how voters clustered together on queues during the voting exercise without regards for the NCDC’s COVID-19 protocol.

At Ukpenu Primary School in Esan West Local Government Area. Credit: MINE Project

At Igueben Idigun ward, in Igueben Local Government Area, LGA, majority of voters who were on the queue neither wore their facemasks nor kept a two-metre distance.

 

At Igueben Idigun polling unit in Igueben LGA, voters trying to cast their votes. Credit: MINE Project

The NCDC had warned in the guideline that for elections to take place, it must be in cognizance of ‘No Mask, No Voting’ policy.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had also put up a policy in place with regards to COVID-19 for conducting a safe election.

INEC new guideline on election states that “the rules of physical distancing shall be enforced at all election activities including stakeholder engagements, training, queuing at Polling Units amongst others.”

The guideline also makes the use of face masks compulsory for all involved in the election process.

But Ukpenu Primary School, polling unit 7 in Emuhi/ Ukpenu/ Ujoelen ward of Esan West Local Government Area, while voting was in progress, the voters did not observe the Covid-19 guidelines.

In Esan Central LGA, several polling units that were visited indicated that the use of hand sanitizers and face masks were not considered before voting at Ibore Primary School, Uneah (Ward 1).

At Ugbowo Primary School, Ward 10, in Egor LG as voters were clustered together without social distancing. Credit: MINE Project

The same situation was similar at Uneah ward 3 where voters huddled together as they tried to keep away from the sun heat.

At Ugbowo Primary School, Ward 10, Unit 12, Egor LG, voters while waiting to cast their ballot could be seen milling close to one another in a clear violation of social distancing.

Voters at Uneah (Ward 1), Esan Central Local Government. Credit: MINE Project

Voters waiting to be accredited at Ibore Primary School in Esan West Local Government Area. Credit: MINE Project

 

Edo Election: Misleading images flood the internet

BAMAS Victoria
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Edo Election: Misleading images flood the internet

AS the gubernatorial election holds today in Edo state, misleading images have flooded the internet.

One of such images has the logo of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) displayed at a prominent position showing the picture of a candidate and his deputy.

It also showed data that the unemployment rate in Edo has dropped from 25.1 percent in the third quarter of 2018 to 19 percent in the second quarter of 2020.

The image also has an unemployment rate for other South-South states.

THE CLAIM:

That the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) designed the infographic with a political party logo showing the unemployment rate for Edo state for the third quarter of 2018 and the second quarter of 2019.

THE FINDINGS:

Edo State is one of the states that hold off-season elections in the country. The Gubernatorial election in the state does not follow the timetable for the country’s general election.

One of the front-line contenders among the candidates for the Edo 2020 election is Godwin Obaseki, a former member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who is also the incumbent governor of the state. He is now the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the election. Obaseki became governor in 2016 through the APC platform.

The other contender is Osagie Ize-Iyamu who is the candidate of the APC.  He was the candidate for the PDP in the Edo 2016 election.

The NBS is the national body saddled with the responsibility of coordinating, researching and producing official statistics for Nigeria. In carrying out its duty, it is expected to be non-partisan. Therefore, having the PDP logo on an infographic being circulated days to an election in Edo state was a red flag.

Another red flag is the incomplete data on the poster; as the South-South states’ unemployment rates were stated without specifying the year and the quarter.

Furthermore, when The FactCheckHub contacted the NBS information desk, they said the infographic did not emanate from them.

“We cannot do a poster like this,” says Sunday J. Ichedi, the Head, Public Affairs & International Relations Unit of the NBS in a phone interview.

Also, in response to the image sent to his WhatsApp, Ichedi said “The correct thing should have been source: National Bureau of Statistics. Though the data [Edo unemployment rate] is correct but the design is not from NBS”.

Similarly, a different misleading image in relation to the Edo election also went viral following the Edo election debate which took place on Sunday, September 13, 2020.  The image shows the result of a poll and attributed it, in a similar fashion with the aforementioned, to Channels Television.

Although Channels TV did run a poll on “Who won Sunday’s Edo Governorship Debate?”  between Obaseki and Ize-Iyamu, the infographic attributed to them was in circulation even before TV’s online poll had closed.

In addition, the results were different from the authentic Channels TV’s polls showing 67.58 percent to 32.42 percent in favour of Obaseki as against the 76.3 percent to 23.7 percent still in favour of Obaseki that was attributed to them.

In response to this, the TV station via it Twitter issued a disclaimer which reads “Channels Television has no link with these graphics and the content contained in them. To vote in the Channels TV poll which went up after today’s debate and will run till tomorrow”.

A multimedia journalist and social media strategist, Alade Abiodun, told the FactCheckHub that elections bring about the proliferation of misinformation.

He said misleading images are in circulation because “It is the season of election.”

Alade explained that “Politicians, their supporters and apologists will want to woo voters by selling their preferred candidates, not minding if they make use of misleading information to achieve this”.

He further stated that “Some are deliberate, others are done out of mischief with the sole aim of scoring political gains.”

THE VERDICT:

Although the unemployment rate in Edo’s third quarter in 2018 is 25.1 percent and the second quarter of 2019 is  19 percent, the infographic did not emanate from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS); therefore, attributing the claim to the institution is MISLEADING.

Edo Election: Obaseki’s aide accuses INEC of  manipulation

Vincent Ufuoma
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Edo Election: Obaseki’s aide accuses INEC of  manipulation

CRUSOE Osagie, Special Adviser on Media to Godwin Obaseki, Governor of  Edo State , has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of manipulating the ongoing governorship election in the state.

Osagie in a statement said that electronic devices deployed by INEC to areas where his principal had considerable advantage were not functioning properly.

While adding that some voters were already disenfranchised, he accused  INEC  of working with the opposition to sabotage the outcome of the electoral process.

“Suddenly, card readers are not working in areas where Governor Godwin Obaseki is very popular,” Osagie said.

“Voters are being disenfranchised and “we are constrained to say that this is sabotage.”

He added,“Specifically, in Oredo Ward 1, Unit 20 and other places where the governor is clearly popular, the card readers are not working.

”The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should prove to Edo voters that it can conduct a credible election in Edo State.”

The Edo State gubernatorial election is a contest of 14 political parties. The two main and visible contestants in the election are Godwin Obaseki of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressive Congress (APC).

Police nab 3 for allegedly voting with fake PVC in Edo North-East

Lukman ABOLADE
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Police nab 3 for allegedly voting with fake PVC in Edo North-East

SECURITY operatives attached to a polling unit in Edo State has arrested three men for allegedly voting with fake Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) in Edo State.

At exactly 12: 35pm, an electoral observer report from PU 011, Iyowa, Ezuwarha Primary School, ward 04 Adolor in Ovia North East Local Government.

The observer reported that the men were apprehended following multiple checks by agents of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) through the Election card reader.

According to the report, the names of the men are Ibraheem Amadu who came with a PVC that carries the name of Usman Abubakar, Nasiru Abdulhamed but with a PVC with the name of one Mohamed Mahamud and Umaru Sahadu posing with a PVC with the name Nasif Issau.

Meanwhile, despite heavy deployment of security operatives in the state, voting in some polling units was delayed due to the absence of security agents.

At Odua Primary School, Ward 3, PU 006 in Esan Local Government, the on-ground report states that no security officer was available at the PU until 12:10 pm when two men of the Nigerian Police force arrived.

The same trend was reported from Ovie North East, Oghede ward 14, Obazuwa Primary School, Unit 04 where accreditation of candidates started around 10 am due to lack of security personnel.

Observer reports that until 12:43 pm, there were no security operatives at some of the election venues, and voting had to eventually commence in the absence of security personnel.

Kickback for Referral: How doctors, diagnostic centres, defrauded us — Victims

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Kickback for Referral: How doctors, diagnostic centres, defrauded us — Victims

By Nicholas IBEKWE

ON Monday, PREMIUM TIMES published a 20-month investigation revealing the rotten underbelly of the Nigerian healthcare system where doctors, hospitals and medical laboratory service providers connive to defraud patients of billions of naira annually through a referral kickback scam.

This kickback scam involves the payment of between 10 to 20 per cent cut to doctors and hospitals by diagnostic centres for every referral made to them. The practice violates extant regulations that protect patients from exploitation.

Posing as a doctor, a PREMIUM TIMES’ journalist for 20 months was able to refer several people for routine medical tests to some of the leading diagnostics centres in the country and the reporter’s bank account was credited with kickbacks.

After our story was published on Monday, some Nigerians recounted how they fell victim to this scam:

Kingsley Unah

“I have three children, two of them were born in Nigeria and one in the US. The two of them that were born in Nigeria had unpleasant experiences with doctors. The second one is not within the scope of what you are looking at. But the first one, that was eight years ago precisely, my wife was attending Roding Medical Centre in Victoria Island. She was being seen by one Dr Nwokeoma and just close to when she was due – I think by their estimation it was two or three weeks away, she went for her routine test with the doctor and the doctor said the child was not well-positioned and that it is a cause for concern. He asked us to do a TC scan at Union Diagnostics.

“When we were driving out, my wife was a bit curious, she was like there was this lab that is just on Ligali Ayorunde, close to Roding and the Eti-Osa Local government office. My wife was like why are we going all the way to the other part of VI when there is a lab just here. So, we got into the lab and requested a CT scan, and the lady that was supposed to do the CT scan went ballistic. She was saying all sorts of things. She was saying: ‘We want to put her in trouble. This woman is almost nine months pregnant and they want to do a CT scan, for what?’

“In the middle of all of this, I forgot I could call my brother-in-law, who is a gynaecologist in the UK to even speak to him about it.

“The lady refused to do the scan anyway. She said it was going to endanger the baby. We got in the car and were going to go to Union Diagnostics. But my brother-in-law called. I narrated what happened to him and he was like ‘a CT scan, for what?’

“Ordinarily, a CT scan shouldn’t be injurious to anybody, but this is an unborn child, and nobody can say what would happen if you are doing a CT scan of an unborn child, especially if it is not required.

“My brother-in-law said he had not seen anything in his practice that will make him send a woman to do a CT scan for what I have just described, except I was describing something else. He said that it was something he could feel with his hands and if he could feel it, he could tell what position the baby was and since the child was three weeks away, things could change very quickly, i.e. the child could get into the right position. So, why would he ask us to go to a CT scan? He said I should not do it (the CT scan). He promised to call Roding and have a word with the owner of Roding.

“So, he called the owner of Roding and asked him why Dr Nwokeoma would do such a thing and asked the owner to examine my wife himself. He called us back and said well, different doctors have different exposure, maybe he would have done it differently and not that what Dr. Nwokeoma did was wrong. I just felt this was a nice way of saying this guy should not have asked us to go for the CT scan.

“So, putting all these together, I just realised that the fact that he specified that we should go to that Union Diagnostics is a scam. They would have done the test and because it is something they have all planned together, he would have received a cut from the fee. The luck we had was that we went to the other lab, Radmed, where the lab technician refused to do the test.”

Busola Macaiah

“I was involved in an accident in 2016 en route Lagos. The accident was a ghastly one and I had to be rushed to the nearest hospital to the accident scene.

“I spent two days there to regain consciousness and stamina to travel down to Lagos for better medical attention. Doctors at the hospital where I was rushed to confirmed that I had an injury on my left knee and ankle.

“They confirmed that it was not a bone fracture and advised that I seek further medical attention and also do a scan. On getting to Lagos I went to my hospital and the doctor who attended to me confirmed the same thing and asked that I do a CT scan to know the extent of the damage.

“I went for the CT scan (my knee and ankle) and the radiologist on duty interpreted the scan result and his interpretation conformed with what the doctor had suspected.

“My interaction with the radiologist and the submission of our family doctor also confirmed the same thing (I had to send the scan result to him to interpret). So, that means the report from the first hospital I went to, the report from the present doctor, the radiologist and my family doctor were the same.

“However, when I submitted the report to the present doctor, he asked that I visit a particular scan centre in Surulere to get interpretation because what the radiologist stated in my report was not the same as his submission. He thought I did not understand the medical terms used. Unknown to him, I had gotten clarification with my family doctor.

“I was in pain and needed to start medication immediately. So, I had to do what he asked. This cost was like N20,000.00 extra.

“And eventually, the interpretation came, and it was the same thing my family doctor interpreted from the radiologist report (I didn’t send the scans to him. I only sent the result so he can explain the medical terms).

Ime Etim

“My wife and I used Immanuel General Hospital, Eket for her delivery. We had the prenatal care there. At one time, about the third trimester, the medical practitioner that attended to us recommended a Scan. Of course, he specified the place at Eket. We searched for and eventually found the place. We went in and told them what we came for.

“With his (the medical practitioner) written recommendation, they conducted the scan. But before my wife went in for the scan, we had to pay. It was during this payment process I noticed the receptionist wrote down my wife’s details in their logbook and that of the medical practitioner that recommended us.

“At first, I wondered why she would write down his name along with my wife’s details. I didn’t want to dig deep. The subsequent time we visited was not on any expert’s recommendation, we just needed to know how the baby was doing. It was then we confirmed our suspicion, as the lady that attended to us demanded to write the name of the doctor that recommended the centre to be written down. I looked into that logbook this time around (again) as she wrote down a name.

“Of course, this is Nigeria and I can afford it. The Ucheji (the diagnostic centre) must survive as well as the Ucheji “referee”. My wife and I reasoned that there must be some form of “thank you” from Ucheji to those names I saw.

Abdullahi. A.

Abdullahi described how his sister who was recently delivered of a child was made to do multiple scans until a nurse she knew who worked at the hospital told her why she was being asked to do the same test multiple times.

“The hospital is a Primary Healthcare Center (PHC) at Barnawa, Kaduna State.

“She had done two scans and was going for the third scan when she met a nurse, who lives in the same neighbourhood as her. Each scan cost N2,500, a total of N5,000. She wondered why because when she did the second scan and brought the result, the hospital did not say anything, which suggested that everything was fine.

“One of the nurses who work there lives in the same neighbourhood as my sister. She told my sister that the phone number on the referral letter was to facilitate the kickback. My sister decided not to go for the third because it was obvious the scan was not necessary. She did not bother confronting the health centre.”

Onayemi Taiwo

“It was at FMC, Oyingbo. Early this year, my mum had a stroke relapse. She was to do an MRI scan at one diagnostic centre in Surulere, Lagos. I thought this was normal until the doctor requested that I should let the scan centre executive know he referred us. And of course, the scan centre also asked whether we were referred by a doctor.

“The same scheming scenario recurred when we were to run another one to assess if she was getting better. They know you’re in one hospital, they know the doctor who could have referred you.”

Edo Election: Police silent on harassment of election observers at Irrua

Seun DUROJAIYE
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Edo Election: Police silent on harassment of election observers at Irrua

REPORT of policemen harassing election observers at Irrua in Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State as off-cycle elections kick off in the state is being ignored by the police authorities.

NICHOLAS Ibekwe, a journalist with Premium Times in a recent tweet disclosed that election observers were being subject to harassment by the police under the orders of Ibrahim Gotan, an Assistant Commissioner of Police.

“At Irrua in Esan Central LGA, the police are pounding the vehicles of election observers on the instruction of Ibrahim Gotan, an Assistant Commissioner of Police. Mr. Gotan said the Commissioner of Police in charge of election does not recognise observers,” Ibekwe tweeted.

Though Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is the only body legally empowered to monitor elections in Nigeria, the electoral body recognises election observers as essential in verifying that elections are conducted in an atmosphere of freedom and fairness. Observers are also expected to witness whether or not the results announced fairly reflect the votes counted.

The ICIR reached out to Chidi Nwabuzor, Edo’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) via his mobile, but he declined to comment.

“I’m not allowed to speak. We have on-ground the deputy inspector general of police and even the Edo commissioner of police cannot speak. That is how the police force works,” Nwabuzor said and ended the call.

Meanwhile, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned the clampdown on governors by security officers in Benin City, Edo state capital few hours to the election.

In a press statement on Friday, Kingsley Chinda, the leader of the caucus, described the act as an unacceptable activity of security agencies whose duty he stated is to ensure the safety of lives and property rather than cause chaos in the state.

LIVE: Edo State election 2020

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LIVE: Edo State election 2020

MacArthur Foundation raises strong voice for whistleblower protection

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MacArthur Foundation raises strong voice for whistleblower protection

A MAJOR stakeholder in the fight against corruption in Nigeria, the MacArthur Foundation says Nigeria must now move beyond policy to legislation to institutionaliSe and protect whistleblowers in the country.

In his intervention at a Radio Town Hall Meeting in Abuja, the African Director of Macarthur Foundation, Dr. Kole Shettima said that the next step for Nigeria is going beyond the whistleblower policy.

His words: “The next step is to have a law that will support the whistleblower. Although this has been an issue in the National Assembly for sometimes now.”

Shettima assured that MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with civil society organizations in Nigeria is working hard to ensure more public education on the issue and to see if a law to protect whistleblowers can be passed by the legislature.

Stakeholders have attributed the growing persecution of whistleblowers to the Federal Government’s lack of political will on creating strong institutions and legislation for whistleblower policy.

Participants during a radio town hall meeting against corruption, theme: Whistleblowers and The Challenge of Absence of Legal Protection: Cases of Dismissal of Whistleblowers, held Friday by the Progressive Impact Organization for Community Development (PRIMORG) in Abuja.

The town hall meeting is coming on amidst growing cases of victimisation of some Nigerians who exposed corruption in their places of work.

It will be recalled Ms. Fidelia Onoghaife was sacked by the Netherlands Embassy in Abuja after she blew the whistle on OPL 245 fraud.

Ameh Joseph, another victim of whistleblowing who spoke from Delta State on phone during the meeting shared his touching ordeal at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba, Delta State after exposing corrupt activities.

“I speak in great dismay of the ordeal of corruption in our great country. I saw the corruption that has been institutionalised with impunity and carried out in routine, a multibillion naira one conferring monstrous financial, unmerited favours to the numerous participants.

“Although I was faced with the alternative of being part of the corruption against this country, I was treated as an enemy and outcast for 10 years.

“The plot to dismiss me as the obstacle to the success of their evil activities was now actualized by the termination of my service on May 13, 2020, to permanently silent my voice.”

Ameh Joseph added: “My challenges are the fears impacted on my children when I was trailed by a tinted car, the cost of maintaining two homes and most traumatising is the kids missing fatherly supervision, love and care from me,” he cried out.

Reacting earlier on the lack of legislation for whistleblowing, a Senior Team Manager, Open Society Justice Initiative, Prof Chidi Odinkalu said the public service is configured in such a way that whistleblowing is discouraged, stressing that the system made it known whistleblowers that they have no hiding place.

“The underlying attitude and configuration about public service space is quite fundamentally opposed to transparency, whistleblowing to any effort to ensure accountability.

Our accountability system in the court is not configured to accommodate that either so how do we create an incentive system that accommodates whistleblowers to get some protection,” Odinkalu queried.

According to Godwin Onyeacholem, Senior Program Officer, African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (Africmil), the whistleblower policy remains a policy with no legal backing yet then within the policy there is provision for protection.

His words: “The problem we have is that of enforcement, the government is not complying with the provision of protection, there is a provision for the protection of the whistleblowers within their own policy which was made in December 2016, but they don’t comply with that.

There is no way you can encourage whistleblowers if you don’t protect them. There is no guarantee for zero reprisal. If you want to blow the whistle, make up your mind that there would be retaliation or retribution.”

Onyeacholem faulted the government on the persecution of the whistleblowers. “Government all over are making legislation to ensure that organizations are putting whistleblowers procedures all over but we don’t see that happening here.

“It’s not about the whistleblower, it’s about the willingness within the state itself to ensure that this happens,” Onyeacholem stated.

At the end of the meeting, stakeholders recommended the following: “that Nigeria needs to create its own mechanism of protection by establishing whistleblower fund which could be administered by the concession of interested action; Civil society organization must continue the campaign for legislation of whistleblower policy; In the absence of the enactment of comprehensive whistleblower law, the executive and legislative arm of the government should be held responsible using the media; and there should be a mechanism to support the victims of whistleblowing and victims should be compensated.

Other participants during the town hall meeting were Suraju Olanrewaju, Chairman, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (Heda Resources Centre); and Tunde Salman, Convener, Good Governance Team.

PRIMORG’s Radio Town Hall Meeting Against corruption series is supported by MacArthur Foundation.

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