{"id":101965,"date":"2022-12-14T22:27:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101965"},"modified":"2022-12-14T22:27:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T21:27:52","slug":"fg-admits-whistleblower-policy-has-lost-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/fg-admits-whistleblower-policy-has-lost-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"FG admits: Whistleblower policy has lost momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1752224363614313402\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal Government has admitted that its whistleblower policy has lost momentum.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMinister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajiya Zainab Ahmad, on Wednesday stated that Nigerians are now more concerned about their safety.<\/p>\n<p>The Whistleblower Policy encourages Nigerians to disclose information on fraud, looted government funds, and financial misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>The policy, launched in 2016, stipulates that whistleblowers earn between 2.5% and 5% from the recovered looted funds.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, Ahmed said a draft bill would be introduced to save the policy.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said: \u201cThe ministry of finance, budget and national planning presented a number of memos today. The first is the draft whistleblower bill for 2022. This memo has been reviewed by council and approved with a provision to ensure alignment with the Evidence Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of operationalising and putting in place a whistleblower bill is to strengthen the fight against corruption and to also enable protection for whistleblowers that provide information for use by government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you know since 2016, the council had approved the setting up of the presidential initiative of continuous audit (PICA). PICA has been working in partnership with EFCC, ICPC, DSS, NFIU as well as the office of the attorney-general of the federation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe noticed that the whistleblower policy response has lost momentum. We embarked on engagements in the six geo-political zones and one of the main outcomes that we found is that people are concerned about their safety as a result of providing information. 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