N594.089bn saved from whistle blowing policy — FG

Permanent Secretary, Special Duties, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Muhammed Dikwa, yesterday said the Federal Government had saved N594.09 bn from the whistle blowing policy since its inception in 2016.

A statement by Hassan Dodo, the Director Information, Ministry of Finance, quoted the permanent secretary as saying this yesterday at a workshop on the overview of whistle blowing policy in Nigeria.

He noted that the government introduced the policy to fight corruption and other financial crimes like violation of the Treasury Single Account, ghost workers syndrome, among others.

He said the policy had been greeted with such challenges as “lack of proper legal framework, poor funding, lack of coordination and diverse information among relevant organisations, not following proper channel to give information.”