PRESS RELEASE: CMPA Partners CLEEN Foundation on Anti-Corruption
The Centre for Media, Policy and Accountability CMPA (CMPA) is to partner with CLEEN Foundation in implementing the Nigeria Anti-Corruption Performance Public Reporting (NAPPR) project funded by MacArthur Foundation.
A statement issued by the Director Communications, Outreach and Advocacy, Ibrahim Uba Yusuf indicates that during an advocacy visit to CLEEN Foundation office in Abuja, the two organizations also agree to work on the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA).
The Executive Director CMPA and project manager Dr Suleiman Amu Suleiman said ‘the objectives of the project were revised to avoid duplication of responsibilities carried out by other Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACAs)’.
‘ACAs do anti-corruption works focusing on fighting corruption in Nigeria. Researchers also believe that ACAs are engaged in the prevention of corruption and making policies to prevent or reduce corruption through detections and sanctions. But beyond this, CMPA observed, that what the ACAs think they are doing and what the public thinks they are doing is quite different’ Dr Suleiman stated.
‘Based on this, CMPA identified a gap on how anti-corruption activities are reported by the ACAs and the public.
NAPPR project aims to address this gap by designing a harmonized template for reporting anti-corruption by all the ACAs, civil society organizations and media organizations in Nigeria’ he added.
Responding the Chief Executive Officer of CLEEN Foundation, Gad Peter said that the Foundation is involved
in monitoring corruption cases in courts, recovery of looted monies and judicious utilization of the money recovered.
‘As an organization working in the area of anti-corruption, I want to assure you of our support throughout the implementation phase of the project’ Gad assures.
Others who spoke described the project as timely and commended CMPA for integrating the media and training components.
About CMPA
Centre for Media, Policy and Accountability (CMPA) is an independent not-for-profit organization incorporated with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 2022. It focuses on anti-corruption, research, public policy analysis, transparency and accountability to strengthen social, economic and democratic governance in Nigeria. Kindly disseminate this information through your medium. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.
Ibrahim Uba Yusuf,
Director Communication, Outreach and Advocacy.