The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL) in collaboration with Yar’Adua Foundation will launch the Corruption Anonymous (CORA) whistleblowing platform.
When: Thursday, July 14, 2022.
Where: Yar'Adua Centre, Abuja.
The CORA platform is a secure civil society driven public whistleblowing tool through which citizens can submit tips on corruption and other forms of wrongdoing anonymously. Jointly developed by AFRICMIL and the Yar’Adua Foundation, the platform aims at strengthening the whistleblowing policy of the Nigerian government.
According to Dr. Chido Onumah, Coordinator, AFRICMIL, “the CORA platform will complement the government’s whistleblowing platform managed by PICA and provide Nigerians an opportunity to participate, using whistleblowing, in consolidating the fight against corruption in Nigeria,”
Panel
As part of the launch, there will be a panel on practical approaches and best practices for incentivizing whistleblowing in Nigeria.
Speakers:
Oke Epia, Executive Director, OrderPaper Advocacy Initiative;
Johnson Oludare, Assistant Director, Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA);
Azuka Ogugua, spokesperson, ICPC;
Ayo Olowonihi, Commandant, EFCC Academy
The event will feature a video on how to blow the whistle on corruption using the CORA tool.
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