CMPA Seeks Media Support on Anti-Corruption Project
The Centre for Media, Policy and Accountability, CMPA, has appealed for the collaboration of the media in the implementation of its Nigeria Anti-Corruption Performance Public Reporting (NAPPR) project.
The project, PRNigeria gathered is aimed at conducting research, policy analysis, training and capacity building for anti-corruption journalists and advocates, to help strengthen democratic governance in Nigeria.
The Executive Director and Project Manager of CMPA, Dr. Suleiman A. Suleiman, made the appeal on Monday during a media parley with journalists on the anti-corruption beat in Abuja.
He said that a robust media collaboration is essential for countries anti-graft agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations, NGOs, and Civil Society bodies, involved in fighting sleaze and other economic malfeasance to achieve their goals.
According to the CMPA Executive Director, it is essential to have a harmonized reporting template for anti-corruption journalists in the country.
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He assured that their NAPPR project will tremendously help to boost the capacity of journalists who report corruption cases.
“As anti-corruption journalists, the way and manner you report cases of corruption involving public officials have the potential to enhance Nigeria’s anti-corruption perception index,” said Dr. Suleiman.
Earlier, Dahiru Idris, the Coordinator, Advocacy and Training of NAPPR, explained that members of their CMPA have paid advocacy visits to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, among other key stakeholders, for mutual collaboration.
He said: “We will also be organizing a series of roundtable discussions with stakeholders to enlighten journalists on the importance of anti-corruption index and its variables, which are used by international organisations like the Transparency International and Mo Ibrahim Foundation, to qualify countries as either corrupt or not”.
