…..Launches Twin Anti-Corruption Programmes
…..Argungu Says He Is Ready To Blow The Whistle
The Police Service Commission today, Wednesday, October 16th 2024 took a bold and courageous step in the fight against corruption with the elevation and inauguration of a Standing Committee on Procurement and the launch of the PSC Whistleblowing Policy.
According to a press release on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, signed by the PSC Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, these developments are tailored to improve transparency, accountability and integrity in the conduct of government business in the Commission.
The Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Argungu rtd., who presided over the two ceremonies, said he is ready to blow the whistle on anybody found circumventing the approved Financial Regulations of the Federal Government. He also announced that the staff should also feel free to blow the whistle on him if found on the wrong side of the regulation.
He said the Commission will work in adherence with the governance template and ensure that there is value for all government expenditures in the Commission.
The PSC Chairman said the Commission will be at the forefront of the government’s current war against corruption and called on the staff to free themselves of all corrupt tendencies, as anyone caught would be prosecuted and if found guilty jailed.
The Standing Committee on Procurement is headed by the Secretary to the Commission, Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, with the Director of the Department of Procurement, Mr. Aliyu Ahmad as the Secretary.
The Commission’s whistleblowing policy is designed to support values, ensure employees can raise concerns without fear of retribution, and provide a transparent and confidential process for raising concerns.
The Policy does not only cover any possible impropriety in matters of financial reporting, public service ethics and code of conduct but will also cover fraud, corruption, bribery and blackmail.
It will also cover such other areas as nepotism, criminal offences, failure to comply with legal or regulatory obligations, miscarriage of justice, endangering the safety of the individual, endangering any element of the environment and concealment of any of the improprieties identified.
The principles guiding the policy are transparency, accountability, integrity, fairness, responsibility, consistency, and equitability.
The Commission has also created grievance procedures mandating anyone who reasonably believes and in good faith that malpractice exists in the workplace should report his or her concern to PSC Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit 2348035921656, 2348038866456
