ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • #EndSARS Dashboard
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Friday, May 20, 2022
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Special Reports and Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • #PandoraPapers
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Special Reports and Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • #PandoraPapers
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
What Nigerians need to fight corruption – Civic Groups

Manager of the civil society organisation, YIAGA, Cynthia Mbamalum. [Photo credit: News Express Nigeria]

What Nigerians need to fight corruption – Civic Groups

byAzeezat Adedigba
December 10, 2017
2 min read

To eradicate corruption in the society, Nigerians must be united and join movements holding individual, groups and government accountable, a civic group has said.

The program manager of the civil society organisation, YIAGA, Cynthia Mbamalum, said this at a competition organised on Saturday in Abuja to celebrate the International anti-corruption day with the theme ‘United against corruption for development, peace and security.’

According to her, the aim of the Bounce Corruption #Hack4Good project is to bring young minds together and develop technology solutions that will help promote the anti-corruption fight.

“How do we get citizens involved? Most times, you hear a case trending; and suddenly, you stop hearing about the case.”

She said the competition is aimed at creating online platforms that target corruption and that people can learn from and keep track of happenings.

In a press statement made available to PREMIUM, Samson Itodo, the executive director YIAGA, urged citizens in Nigeria to get involved more strategically in the role in demanding good governance and nationhood.

According to him, the Bounce Corruption project is aimed at exposing, amplifying, empowering and creating awareness on the fight against corruption as adopted by government agencies and citizens

“The Hackathon, also known as Hack4Good which is one of the project of bounce corruption will connect anti-corruption agencies and civil society organisations working on corruption with young application developers and programmers in the fight against corruption. Hack4Good will evolve with technology-based solutions for addressing the challenges associated with tackling corruption,” Mr Itodo said.

He said winners in the Hack4Good contest of Bounce Corruption will be in three(3) categories, 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions with cash prize of N600,000, N350,000 and N250,000 respectively.

“This is also in addition to a free co-working space for a month at the Civic Innovation Lab, CLAB; and a three weeks acceleration program with CLAB provides product development, business advisory support, mentorship and access to funding opportunities,” Mr Itodo said.

In an interaction with PREMIUM TIMES, the participants said Nigerians are ignorant of existing laws and need to be sensitised through the platforms created to inform the public.

Job Oyebisi, the team lead of the citizen watch platform, said Nigerians need to sustain awareness about the fight against corruption.

“Most of our populace know about celebrated cases when they start but there is no follow up till justice is served therefore citizens can subscribe by sms or visiting the site to receive alerts about cases,” Mr. Oyebisi said.

“Corruption is so deep in our society that it has become a system, individuals need to be accountable and not just public officials or civic groups,” Chimdinma Odunze, a member of active citizen said.

She said the active citizen’s platform is aimed at creating groups, sharing ideas and organising online campaigns.

“We are using online and offline method to converge communities together to sensitised them on corruption, those who do not have internet can leverage on those who have,” she said.

Azuka Ogugua from the education department of the anti-graft agency, ICPC, urged young minds to unite and fight corruption with technological solutions.

“Corruption is not just about leaders as it is taking different technological dimension, since we use E-governance in the system, we need to develop E-compliant ways to fight corruption,” she said.

The international anti-corruption day is observed annually on December 9 since the passage of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption on October 31, 2003.

  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

CITIZEN-FM AD


Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate


TEXT AD: Why women cheat: what every Nigerian man should know







PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

Suspect arrested as senator’s aide is kidnapped

Next Post

COPA Lagos 2017: Nigeria, Spain to battle for title

Azeezat Adedigba

Azeezat Adedigba

Azeezat Adedigba covers the education and labour sectors for PREMIUM TIMES. She is also an investigative journalist and the winner of the 2019 Female Reporters Leadership Program (FRLP) organised by Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). Azeezat is passionate about women and children advocacy. She holds a degree in Mass Communication from the University of Jos. She can be reached on Twitter @Adebimpe57.

More News

Former Minister Musiliu Obanikoro

Why I’m contesting for Lagos West Senatorial seat -Obanikoro

May 20, 2022
Monkeypox Virus

Monkeypox: UK deploys smallpox vaccines as cases spread in Europe

May 20, 2022
Motorcyclists (Okada riders)

We are after foreigners operating Okada in Lagos – Police commissioner

May 20, 2022
Court

Court extends stay of sexually-abused children in govt custody

May 20, 2022
FILE: Court and justice symbols used to illustrate the story

How I was lured into prostitution in Libya – Nigerian

May 20, 2022
Progress and Zadok, Nigerian Idol S7 finalists

Nigerian Idol Grand Finale: Who will win?

May 20, 2022
Next Post
FILE PHOTO: 2017 COPA Lagos Beach Soccer Tournament , Supersand Eagles Team

COPA Lagos 2017: Nigeria, Spain to battle for title

Dokpesi

PDP Chairmanship: Dokpesi makes U-turn, congratulates Secondus

Leave Comment

Search

AUN-PT Ad





Transport-Technology


Stanbic Ad


Access Bank Ad





Glo Ad


Subscribe to News via Email

Enter your email address and receive notifications of news by email.

Join 1,842,453 other subscribers.

Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert



Zenith Advert

ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps in Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • #PandoraPapers
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • #EndSARS Dashboard
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
  • Opinion
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.