To facilitate quality education, the United Nations has recommended that for any country to achieve quality basic education for all, at least 20% of the national budget must be allocated to education. Developing countries like Nigeria, are advised to allocate more (about 30%) in order to close the financing gaps in the sector and access […]
Newspapers are replete with the alarming stories of Fulani herdsmen/farmers[1] or Fulani herdsmen/community[2] clashes. The clashes have often resulted in condemnable, criminal, barbaric acts that have largely gone unpunished by the authorities and have led to calls for a ban on open grazing of cattle in states like Ekiti and Benue;[3] calls for the establishment […]
So far in Nigeria, the term “inclusive business” is not well known since most have come into it quite by accident. In trying to create local sourcing strategies for raw materials such as agricultural produce, following restrictions on import of such commodities, many companies have now set up business models with the poor as producers […]
In line with the organization’s drive to consistently add our voice to the growing concerns of corruption and seeking practical ways to curb the menace, Mr. Soji Apampa, CEO, Integrity Organisation has been invited as one of the experts on anti-Corruption issues in Nigeria to make a presentation on practical tips for doing business in […]
Lyrics are simply words that make up a song, often consisting of verses and choruses. The Nigerian music industry has undoubtedly achieved overwhelming success in many areas and it is arguably one of Nigeria’s biggest job creating sectors today as it creates opportunities for complementary services like music/movie production, event management, DJ services, equipment purchase/leasing, […]
Recently this picture and an associated wisecrack (by Japheth Omojuwa) went viral on social media sites. The picture shows a statue of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa unveiled by Governor Owelle “Rochas” Okorocha of Imo State during Zuma’s visit to the state. Zuma’s statue, reportedly worth over N500 million[1], stands amidst 6 additional statues […]
It is natural for our psychological essence to yearn for that someone that we hold in high esteem or someone we could use as a benchmark to measure what we would like to be or see ourselves become – a beacon of light to follow along life’s dark paths. This person could be a family […]
The bill proposed is titled: An Act to Regulate the Acceptance and Utilisation of Finance/Material Contributions of Donor Agencies to Voluntary Organisations and for matters connected therewith. In the words of Mr Chidi Odinkalu, former Chairman of the National Human-Rights Commission, the proposed bill on NGO Regulation sponsored by the Deputy Majority Leader of the […]
This project aims to contribute towards reducing corruption in service delivery by documenting/publicizing instances of corruption monitored through the sustained mass exercise of the watchdog initiative by ordinary Nigerian citizens. This involves tracking corruption schemes; analyzing & publishing the effects of these schemes on service delivery; mapping areas of vulnerability; and contrasting them with possible […]
The Maritime anti-corruption network (MACN) ethics training of trainers, a component part of the Port Service Support Portal (PSSP)project for stakeholders held in Calabar, Port Harcourt and Onne ports on the 22nd and 24th May 2017. The training was organized in conjunction with the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) and the […]
The Convention on Business Integrity (CBi) has requested a two-month, no-cost extension to project completion date, i.e. till September 29th, 2017. This project is carrying out a Gender Impact Assessment of the local sourcing policies of selected, large, food and beverage companies in Nigeria. We are tracing how well they are leveraging the Female Talent […]
The Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) is a UK Department for International Development (DFID) governance programme in Nigeria being run by a consortium which includes the Integrity Organisation. The programme is a combined successor of previous programmes – the Federal Public Administration Reform (FEPAR), the State Accountability and Voice Initiative (SAVI) and the […]
When women are empowered, the nation is empowered! There is so much that can be achieved in terms of economic development when we grant our women opportunities to close the gender gap. CBI recently carried out a study on the situation of women’s participation in certain agricultural value chains, and discovered that contrary to the […]
The 5th edition of the annual Christopher Kolade Lecture on Business Integrity took place on the 29th of June, 2017 at the Landmark Events Center, Lekki. The event which was themed “Prevention is better than cure” was attended by captains of industry from the private sector, as well and key figures from the public sector. […]
In this first two years of the Buhari presidency, the government has basically tried to defeat corruption through public mobilisation, and enforcement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and to a lesser extent, the Police, Department of State Security (DSS), Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and the Office of the Attorney-General of the […]
The current administration has since coming to office made the whistleblowing programme a major tool for fighting corruption. It is aimed at encouraging the public to buy-in, own the anti-corruption war and persuading them to provide useful information on individuals and organisations that have violated government financial regulations, procurement procedures, mismanaged or misappropriated public funds […]
That corruption is a major challenge to the socio-economic development and progress of Nigeria is well established and documented. According to the former UNODC Executive Director, Antonio Maria Costa, close to $400 billion was stolen between 1960 and 1999 in Nigeria. He noted it is “an amount of money that if you were to put […]
You’ve heard the joke about the Chinese, Indian and Nigerian public officials. No? Well, they’d known each other for years but had only met at conferences. They decide to visit each other starting with the Chinese public officer. They fly to Beijing’s modern airport and on to a provincial city, then head down a pristine […]
No one doubts the challenges that Nigeria currently faces. According to the World Bank, Nigeria is blessed with 708,000 Sq. Km of agricultural land, the second largest in Africa yet research suggests less than half of this has been exploited to produce crops and livestock to stave off hunger and poverty. Food imports into Nigeria […]
Mr. Soji Apampa, the Executive Director of Integrity Organization, discusses current developments in the war against corruption on Focus Nigeria, including the Senate’s 2nd rejection of Ibrahim Magu as EFCC Chairman, and the lack of involvement of the public in tackling corruption – 22 March 2017