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On the 14th of April, newspapers in Nigeria reported the arrest of Rochas Okorocha, the immediate past governor of Imo State, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The former head of the Physical Planning Division at the Federal College of Education, Asaba, Ameh Joseph Eche, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari, to intervene over what he described as victimization for exposing corruption in the institution.
Three convicted ex-governors and two current federal ministers allegedly defrauded their states in the south-south region of Nigeria of over N161 billion.
Apart from cases involving cash, HEDA also documents cases of influential government officials using their seats to upturn justice favouring politically exposed individuals.
For his report on how government institutions mismanaged ₦ 1.69 Billion COVID-19 funds, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) on Friday announced Aderemi Ojekunle of Dataphyte as one of the winners of the centre’s prize for pandemic reporting.
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital has deprived Nigeria over a billion in revenue;
The unending problem of corruption, particularly bribery is endemic. On the one hand, it gets you instant access to things you should already have, and failure to oblige is detrimental. Then there’s the “use-to-itness” of it all, so much so that reporting occurrences is often futile.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged governments to ensure the money and measures used for COVID-19 related expenses are helping the people who need it most.
The report, Corruption Victimization Survey In Nigeria, has revealed that the most prevalent form of corruption that exists in the health care sector is the collection of financial tips from patients in the process of accessing health care. The study was carried out by TapNitiative for Citizens Development and Dataphyte.
