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The
Presidency has commenced efforts to strengthen the mechanism of the Whistle
blower policy following breakthroughs in the war against corruption and
unaccounted wealth, an official has said.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President
on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this development to State House
correspondents on Wednesday in Abuja.
He noted that the enthusiastic response of
Nigerians to the whistle blower policy had boosted the tempo of the
anti-corruption crusade of the Buhari administration.
According to him, the government is considering
ways of enhancing the structural capacity of the whistle blower mechanism.
“The government is considering empowering the
mechanism by either bringing it under the Presidential Advisory Committee
Against Corruption, PACAC or some other body to imbue the process with a
strategic national purpose.
“In a word, government thinks that the whistle
blower mechanism is too important to be left without a strategic, national
direction,’’ he said.
Mr. Shehu commended the zeal and patriotism of
Nigerians for responding positively to the whistle blower incentive policy,
which was intended to expose hidden looted funds.
According to the presidential aide, no public
policy can succeed or go far enough without public support and participation.
-NAN
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