The Executive Director of Al-Habibiyah Islamic Society, Imam Fuad Adeyemi has warned religious leaders and citizens over the disturbing absence of integrity in the society, insisting that “integrity certainly pays”. Al-Habibiyah Islamic Society is a faith-based organisation. During a radio town hall meeting on ‘Entrenching Culture of Integrity in Nigeria: The Religious Perspective’, organised by the Progressive Impact Organisation for …

Two civil advocacy groups – Dataphyte and the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) – have urged the Nigerian media industry and citizens to adopt the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in demanding good governance and accountability from leaders. Dataphyte developed Nubia, an open-source AI tool that draws insight from data provided and turns it into readable and relatable …

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and stakeholders in the education sector have identified funding and infrastructural gaps as the main reasons for the poor quality of education in Nigeria. During a radio town hall meeting on the ‘Falling Standard of Education in Nigeria’ organised by the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development …

To curb corruption and arbitrariness in tax administration, governments at all levels have been urged to leverage technology and desist from using touts in collecting revenue. The call for federal, state, and local government to address the problem of tax fraud and other forms of irregularities was made by participants during an anti-corruption radio programme, Public Conscience, produced by the …

Integrity advocates in Nigeria have identified the lack of stern consequences for wrongdoing as a major challenge to Nigeria’s development while calling for more public recognition of honest citizens. The call for more public naming of acts of integrity and shaming of corruption was made during an anti-corruption radio programme, “Public Conscience” , produced by the Progressive Impact Organisation for …

The Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) said that the problem of corruption and the dearth of integrity in Nigerian society are undoubtedly some of the major hindrances to national development since independence. At the ‘Project Report Dissemination Meeting’ on Thursday, in Abuja, PRIMORG’s Executive Director, Mr. Augustine Okhiria Agbonsuremi said: “Regrettably, corruption runs through every level of the Nigerian …

Federal and state governments have been tasked to find lasting solutions to the persistent fleecing of the state in transport tax collection by non-state actors and touts popularly referred to as agbero. To stem the tide of revenue loss, experts are calling for digitising road tax collection from commercial vehicles, tricycles, and motorcycles to deter the diversion of billions by …

President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government and the 10th National Assembly have again been reminded of the need to strengthen the fight against corruption by enacting whistleblower law in Nigeria. In the last five years, civil society organisations, the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) and the Africa Centre For Media And Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) have been advocating for the …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has said that implementing the National Ethics and Integrity Policy (NEIP) would improve compliance with ethics and integrity, while urging Nigerians to join the fight against corruption. On the impact of the implementation of NEIP since it was adopted by the Federal Government in 2020, ICPC’s Deputy Director and Head …

The Federal Government has been alerted that birth certificate applicants under 18 years of age are still being asked to pay arbitrary fees by officials of the National Population Commission (NPC). The information is coming on the heels of investigations by the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) and respected online newspaper, Premium Times, exposing worsening corruption in birth …