The Nigerian government has reportedly refused
to join tow US anti-corruption initiatives, despite
claims from the Presidency and the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) that corruption is
being tackled in the country.
to join tow US anti-corruption initiatives, despite
claims from the Presidency and the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC) that corruption is
being tackled in the country.
According to Premium Times, Nigerian
government officials led by Geoffrey Onyeama,
Minister of Foreign Affairs rose from the U.S.-
Nigeria Bi-National Commission (BNC) meeting on
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 without agreeing to
be members of the US-led Open Government
Partnership (OGP) and the Partnership on Illicit
Finance (PIF).
According to the report, African countries like
Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa,
Tanzania, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Kenya,
Mauritius, Liberia, Niger, and Senegal have joined
either of the two organizations which are
multilateral initiatives that require policy and
technology-backed anti-corruption framework in
member countries.
Members of OGP are required to develop action
plans that elaborate their commitment to defined
standards of government integrity, citizen
participation, corporate accountability, public
safety and effective management of public
resources, all of which are to be overseen and
verified by a multi-stakeholder international
steering committee of governments and leading
civil society representatives while PIF is an
outcome of the historic U.S.-Africa Leaders
Summit which was attended by Nigeria and 50
other countries.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, assistant secretary in
the Bureau of African Affairs called on Nigeria to
“join the growing global community that is using
OGP and PIF to strengthen transparency,
accountability, and good governance.”
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