The Federal Government has called on Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to develop and implement their own anti-corruption strategies, stressing that effective subnational action is vital for transparency, accountability, and improved public service delivery.
Speaking at a three-day workshop in Jos on the Plateau State Integrity and Accountability Strategy (PLASIAS), Victoria Ojogbane, Head of the National Anti-Corruption Secretariat, represented Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN.
She commended Plateau State for advancing implementation, noting that only seven states had begun the process.Ojogbane explained that the national framework rests on five pillars: prevention, public engagement, ethical reorientation, enforcement and sanctions, and recovery of proceeds.
She stressed that corruption directly undermines service delivery, saying: “Corruption is not abstract. It is why a clinic has no drugs, a school has no roof, and a borehole has no water.”
Prof. Ada Chidi Igbokwe, Lead Consultant for ROLAC, said the workshop was designed to provide practical tools to move PLASIAS from policy to implementation.
Plateau’s State Project Coordinator, Mantim Dala, added that the strategy aims to strengthen ethical standards in governance rather than witch-hunt officials.
The workshop, funded by the European Union and implemented by International IDEA under the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme (ROLAC), brought together stakeholders from ministries, civil society, and local governments to finalise structures ahead of PLASIAS validation.
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