One year of Corruption Anonymous (CORA) Project, Engaging Whistleblowing in Nigeria (2018)
This report followed the proposed implementation of a whistleblowing policy and law in Nigeria in 2016. In consultation with wider civil society, the report explains the consequences and effects of this reform which aimed to help bring an end to corruption in the country. Under the new law, whistleblowers would be protected from retaliatory consequences for disclosures, and may qualify for a reward if fresh information, otherwise unknown to government, is provided.
Three key proposals are made: first, to ensure whistleblowing is underpinned by an ethical, moral and legal basis; second, to guarantee a fail-safe legal framework to protect whistleblowers; third, to amend the Nigerian constitution to emphasise the role the public can play in fighting corruption.