How whistle-blowing helped my career at EFCC - Nuhu Ribadu

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- A former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has revealed how he survived his tenure at the commission

- Nuhu Ribadu said the whistle-blowing policy helped him while at the EFCC

- He urged Nigerians to Nigerians to remain united and committed to the use of the whistle-blowing policy against corrupt individuals in the country

A former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, has revealed how the whistle-blowing policy helped him during his tenure as chairman of the commission.

While speaking on Tuesday, November 14, at an event organised by the African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in conjunction with House Committee on Financial Crimes, Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, Ribadu urged Nigerians to embrace the whistle-blowing policy.

The director of AFRICMIL, Chido Onumah, said the event was designed to interrogate the whistle-blowing policy.

Onumah said: "The event is designed to interrogate the whistle-blower policy and engage critical stakeholders responsible for promotion of the policy and its implementation."

In his speech, Ribadu said, the tactics of such a policy can by effectively used as a crucial means of combating the deep rooted corruption in Nigeria.

The former anti-corruption czar said the EFCC during his tenure maximised the whistle-blowing policy as a tool in reducing corrupt practices in Nigeria.

Commending the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration for adopting the policy, Ribadu enjoined all citizens to remain united and committed to the use of the whistle-blowing policy against corrupt individuals.

He said: "Uniformity of purpose is needed to fight corruption."

“Most of our successful cases were as a result of whistle-blowing,” Ribadu added.

NAIJ.com earlier reported that the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, Itse Sagay, had explained why the federal government is yet to pay the whistle-blower of the Ikoyi mansion recovery.

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Sagay said the payment is being delayed because the whistle-blower needs adequate counselling.

He said the informant probably would have squandered the commission if it was given to him immediately as government plan to pay the whistle-blower in trenches.

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