Lawyer tells FG to make whistleblowing policy a law

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Barr. Onyekachi Ubani

A constitutional lawyer, Mr Onyekachi Ubani, on Monday urged the Federal Government to make its policy on whistleblowing a law for proper enforcement.

Ubani in Lagos said that the policy would be very effective in the recovery of looted funds when it becomes a law.

The federal government on Dec. 21, 2016 approved a new policy on whistleblowing that aims to encourage Nigerians to report financial and other related crimes to relevant authorities.

The policy offers whistleblowers whose revelations lead to the recovery of money up to five per cent of the recovered sum.

The federal government on Sunday said it recovered another $151 million and N8 billion looted funds from three sources through whistleblowers.

“I`m very happy the government came up with this policy. The policy is very good and timely for us as a nation.

“This is just a government pronounced…

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