The Whistleblower Policy is not a Law of the National Assembly but it was approved by the Federal Executive Council in December 2016. The policy authorises government to recover stolen or concealed assets through information provided by a whistleblower, then he/she may be entitled to between 2.5% - 5.0% of amount recovered.
The policy does not provide ANY immunity from civil or criminal prosecution. This implies that if during the investigation some of the evidence links a whistleblower to partaking in the act of corruption or a related incident, the whistleblower would not be immune from criminal prosecution. He/she could technically be charged for a crime that they helped blow the whistle on.
The Nigerian Senate has however passed the ‘Whistleblower protection bill’ after its third reading at plenary. The aim of the bill is to ensure the protection of whistleblowers with reliable information on the war against corruption.
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