Imperative Of A Statutory Framework For The Protection Of Whistleblowers In Nigeria.

As secrecy is often a factor which permits many acts of corruption to go undetected or unreported, any programme which will encourage persons in the know of such acts to come forward and reveal them is welcome. However, as commendable as this current programme is, it still raises certain issues, the most prominent of which is the absence of a legal framework to guide the entire process and also the absence of any measure of protection to whistleblowers