The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to make neighbourhood watch part of the current whistle blower policy that had given the war against corruption the necessary bite.
In a statement today in Abuja, the Group encouraged the government of Buhari to increase the scope of the policy to include neighborhood watch schemes and provide worthy incentives to people who blow the whistle in order to encourage others to join in the vanguard.
The statement, signed by BMSG Protem Coordinator, Hon. Austin Braimoh and Secretary, Chief Cassidy Madueke, called on the National Assembly to fast track the passage of the Whistleblowers Bill.
“once the bill is passed into law, it will provide a legal backbone for the sustainable success of the policy and the protection of whistleblowers.”
It said that the whistle blower policy would serve as an instrument for unearthing public funds that were stolen as well as enhancing the revenue generation profile of the Federal Government, including the enthronement of financial discipline and handling of public funds by government officials and agencies.
“Going by the huge amount of local and foreign currencies that were stolen but found by the EFCC, there is no doubt that the Federal Government has additional funds to implement people-oriented programmes.” [myad]
