Foundation, PIDI Task Bauchi On Whistle Blower Policy

In line with the Federal Government’s policy on measures to fight corruption, “Cleen foundation in Conjunction with Prison Inmate Development Initiative (PIDI) have appealed to the Bauchi state government to domesticate the whistle blower policy.
The Executive Director of Prison Inmate Development Initiative (PIDI), Mr Mbami Iliya Sabka who made the appeal in a press release in Bauchi on Sunday said by so doing, the policy will be strengthened as a milestone to become operational in the state.
“Although, the Policy has not become a Law as it is still pending at the National Assembly, there was the need for the Bauchi state government through the state assembly to create and pass into law, the whistle blower policy to guarantee probity, transparency and accountability amongst public servants”. The Director noted.
According to the groups, the Whistle blower policy which was created by the federal ministry of finance scaled through the second reading in October 2016 at the national assembly and was approved by the federal Executive Council in December of the same year.
The group pointed out that the policy provided that if the government is able to recover stolen or concealed assets through information given by a whistle-blower, then he/she may be entitled to between 2.5%-5.0% of the recovered amount.
“To qualify for the reward, the policy indicated that the whistle-blower must provide the government with information it does not already have and could not otherwise obtain from any other publicly available source to the Government”. The group recalled.