Purpose

The purpose of this paper is a holistic assessment of the impact of whistleblowing policy adopted by the Nigerian Government in fighting corruption and an evaluation of the whistleblowing and witness protection bill.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is a critical analysis of the whistleblowing policy and the draft whistleblowing and witness protection bill. The paper combines both qualitative and quantitative methods. It is conducted through the study of the policy and the draft bill and the critical examination of the data released by the federal Ministry of Finance. Moreover, the personal experience of the authors in the civil service and in formulating and implementing the whistleblower policy account significantly.

Findings

The whistleblowing policy adopted by the Federal Republic of Nigeria is promising in controlling corruption and other economically motivated crimes. However, while efforts to give whistleblowing a legal backing will strengthen the fight against corruption in Nigeria, the National Assembly must subject the bill to rigorous debate to avoid having many lacunas in would be act.

Research limitations/implications

The use of whistleblowing in combatting corruption in Nigeria is still at its infancy. A policy document backs implementation of the policy – there is no legislation or case law to consider. Thus, analysis is based on the policy document, the bill, statistics from the FMF and personal experience of the authors.

Originality/value

There is no comprehensive study on the adoption of and efforts to give legal backing to, the whistleblowing policy adopted in Nigeria. This paper is of value to the Nigerian Government and the National Assembly considering the latest efforts to institutionalise whistleblowing in Nigeria.

中文翻译：

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通过举报打击尼日利亚的经济犯罪：从政策到法律框架的转变

目的

本文的目的是对尼日利亚政府采取的举报政策在打击腐败中的影响进行全面评估，并对举报和证人保护法案进行评估。

设计/方法/方法

本文是对举报政策以及举报和证人保护法案草案的批判性分析。本文结合了定性和定量方法。它是通过研究政策和法案草案以及对联邦财政部发布的数据进行严格审查而进行的。此外，作者在公务员制度以及制定和实施举报人政策方面的个人经验也得到了很大的体现。

发现

尼日利亚联邦共和国采取的举报政策有望控制腐败和其他出于经济动机的犯罪。但是，尽管给予举报人以法律支持的努力将加强尼日利亚的反腐败斗争，但国民议会必须对该法案进行严格的辩论，以免采取行动时有很多缺陷。

研究局限/意义

在尼日利亚使用举报打击腐败的行为仍处于起步阶段。政策文件支持政策的实施–没有立法或判例法可供考虑。因此，分析是基于政策文件，账单，来自FMF的统计数据以及作者的个人经验。

创意/价值

关于在尼日利亚采用的举报政策的采用和努力提供法律支持，目前尚无全面研究。考虑到尼日利亚将举报制度化的最新努力，该文件对尼日利亚政府和国民议会具有重要意义。