The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC Itse Sagay, says the whistleblowing policy of the Federal Government has led to the recovery of over 594.09 billion naira in less than three years of its introduction.
Sagay spoke at a two-day roundtable jointly organised by the African Centre for Media and Information Literacy, the PACAC and the MacArthur Foundation, with the theme, “Entrenching Whistleblowing in Regulatory and Revenue-Generating Agencies” in Abuja.
He added that the policy recorded 791 cases of infractions from ‘actionable tips’ in the same period, saying it had been successful in terms of assets recovered and by revelation of various scams used by fraudulent Nigerians in bleeding the country’s purse.
The Chairman noted that some Nigerians living abroad, particularly in the USA, have suggested that the whistle blower’s policy should be operated abroad in order to expose Nigerians who loot Nigerians funds, and then launder them abroad by buying expensive properties in the name of their relatives living or studying abroad.
