The
Nigeria Senate on Wednesday passed another anti-corruption bill: ‘the whistle
blower protection bill,’ after its third reading at plenary.
Taking to its twitter handle @NGRSenate
afterwards, the Senate said the bill is aimed at ensuring the protection for
persons with potentially reliable information on the war against corruption
Brief details of the bill were also captured in
a pictograph with the theme: “8th Senate Whistle blower protection bill: things
you need to know.”
The bill amongst other things aims at ensuring
that persons who make disclosures about corruption do not suffer reprisals in
relation to such disclosures and are duly protected by law.
Previous bills passed by the eighth Senate in
the fight against corruption include: the witness protection bill and the
mutual assistance in criminal matters bill.
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