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 …

Nigerians and professionals in the health sector have lamented the growing menace of quackery in the country, blaming regulatory failures, obsolete laws and the government’s lack of will to check the evil act. Experts and citizens raised these concerns during a radio town hall meeting on Public Sector Integrity in Nigeria, organised by the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) have warned youths, especially students, to stay away from illicit drugs and psychotropic substances. The warning is in continuation of PRIMORG’s recently flagged-off drug demand reduction campaign tagged, Safe Without Drugs (SWiD) initiative at Government Secondary School, Apo, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, last …

Federal and state governments and regulatory agencies have been tasked to adopt more stringent measures to curb medical quackery bedevilling Nigeria’s health sector. The President of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), Dr. Casimir Ifeanyi, led the call for the Federal Ministry of Health and their counterparts in the 36 states of the federation to intensify the …

Federal and state governments have been urged to address the problems of out-of-school children through reforms and enrichment of the Almajiri system in Nigeria. Almajiri is an Islamic education practice in northern Nigeria. The call follows the alarming rise in the number of out-of-school children, which, according to a report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), …