The CSOs capacity development workshop on anticorruption intervention strategies has charged stakeholders to promote and strengthen the implementation of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, Public Procurement Act, Finance Act, and other relevant anticorruption laws.
This is part of the recommendations in a communiqué at the end of the meeting held recently in Abuja.
The meeting was convened by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) with the support of European Union Rule of Law and Anticorruption Programme (EU-RoLAC 2). A total of thirty-five (35) civil society organisations participated in the workshop. There were 5 CSOs from each of the 6 focal states – Anambra, Adamawa, Lagos, Edo, Plateau, Kano – and the FCT.
According to the communiqué, the project stakeholders should setup a national CSO coalition on anticorruption processes and reforms.
“The RoLAC 2 anticorruption engagement of civil society organizations should prioritize the recruitment and training of media, other non-state actors and strategic partners. There should be capacity building training of project stakeholders and partners on several anticorruption issues
“There should be aggressive awareness creation on anticorruption reforms. Town criers, volunteers, etc. should be made integral components of the awareness creation at local levels
“Engagements for anticorruption reforms should also be done in local languages. Faith-based organizations, cultural organizations, etc. should be incorporated into the engagement team to drive anticorruption processes and reforms
“The RoLAC 2 project should make efforts to ensure the protection of whistle blowers and independent reporters.
“Use of technology in budget tracking should be encouraged. ”
