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The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Nigeria has announced a partnership with the Akin Fadeyi Foundation (AFF) on its anti-corruption campaign tagged “Corruption not in my country”.

Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, national coordinator of the OGP, made the announcement at the recently launched partnership for best practices between AFF and the police.

Ibekaku-Nwagwu said the campaign against corruption is extremely important.

She said partnering with AFF on anti-corruption is part of a multi-stakeholder approach to creating a socio-economic environment guided by open governance principle.

“We are delighted to announce a partnership with the Akin Fadeyi Foundation on its ‘Corruption, Not In My Country Project’. This grass roots anti-corruption advocacy project is an important one, particularly at a time like this when the Nigerian Government and its people are collectively declaring war against corruption. We believe that, the ‘Corruption, Not In My Country Project’ will empower citizens to imbibe openness in their business dealings and to demand accountability from Government,” Ibekaku-Nwagwu said.

“Our commitment to being part of the Akin Fadeyi Foundation’s anti-corruption effort is part of our multi-stakeholder approach to creating a socio-economic environment guided by Open Governance principle.

“We also believe that with the successes recorded so far in the implementation of the Whistle-Blower policy, supported by Nigerians, a citizen-led anti-corruption campaign such as that championed by the Akin Fadeyi Foundation will also succeed. OGP Nigeria will continue to support AFF and other like-minded organisations committed to building a healthy and vibrant socio-economic ecosystem.”

On his part, Akin Fadeyi, executive director of AFF, said the partnership with OGP was a huge milestone as they would continue to advocate for accountability and transparency.

“This is another exciting news for us at Akin Fadeyi Foundation. Working with Open Governance Partnership Nigeria is a huge milestone for us and we will continuously deploy our efforts to continuously promote accountability and transparency in service delivery,” Fadeyi said.

“We are grateful to the OGP Nigeria Secretariat led by the Hon. Attorney-general of the federation and minister of justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, for the trust reposed in us. We will continue to promote retail and grass roots anti-corruption within the country and make citizens accountable.”