No fewer than 19 states in Nigeria have been criticised for undermining fiscal transparency following their inability to publish details of procurement processes and contract awards on open contracting portals. While governors of affected states have been urged to promote accountability and transparency in dispensing public funds. A recent investigative report by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) had …

Federal and state governments have been alerted of a spate of forgery cases and disregard of due process in certificate of origin issuance at Local Government Area (LGA) offices across the Nigeria. TheCable‘s investigations recently exposed how officials at LGAs in Lagos, Ogun and Nasarawa States and the Federal Capital Territory jettison due process for bribes in issuing certificates of …

Poor welfare has been identified as one of the major causes of corruption in contemporary policing of Nigeria, with junior police officers said to be the most affected. Policemen and other participants made the submission on an anti-corruption radio programme, Public Conscience, aired on Wednesday in Abuja. It is produced by the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG), On …

Irked by incidence of violence, vote-buying and other forms of election fraud in some parts of the country during the governorship and state assembly elections, more Nigerians have condemned the development while calling for probes and reforms ahead of future elections. Local and international observers had condemned increased violence, voter intimidation and vote trading during last Saturday’s Governorship and State …

Worried by corruption in the electricity sector, stakeholders have called on the Federal Government to deploy technology, legislation and strengthen the regulatory institution to tackle worsening corruption in the industry. The Regulatory Manager at the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Barrister Tunji Adeyeye led the call during Public Conscience, an anti-corruption radio programme produced by the Progressive Impact Organisation …

A former Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Council chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rafat Salami has blamed the inability of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) to end the incidence of ghost workers on human sabotage, while urging civil servants to expose perpetrators of payroll fraud in government establishments. Salami raised the alarm during …

Following growing concerns on the menace of vote buying and other forms of voter inducement during elections, Nigerians have been asked not to condone vote trading and to shift focus on political parties, politicians, and security agencies who do not seem to be doing much against buying and selling of votes. Board Member at YIAGA Africa, Ezenwa Nwagwu made the …