The Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Research and Training, which is currently undertaking a project on Anti-Corruption, has described the project in Nigeria as a herculean task because of the multifarious challenges the centre is facing in carrying out the project.
The Anti-Corruption project is being funded by the MacArthur Foundation.
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The Project Manager, Prof. Moses Aluaigba made the remark at the
2nd biannual press conference of Mambayya House Anti-Corruption Project held at the Center.
He said, ” Working on Anti-Corruption in Nigeria is a herculean task because of its difficulty to make an inroad”.
According to him, the centre was working on programmes that would make Nigerians change their mindset about corruption even though it’s difficult to reach the nooks and crannies of the country, especially the villages.
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He however said that despite the challenges bedeviling the project, the centre was making an effort to ensure that the desired result was achieved.
He said MacArthur chose the Center due to its transparency and accountability in a project funded by USAID in the past, pointing out that the project which was launched in 2021 will continue upto 2024.
He hinted that the Center will be collaborating with some media Organisations, Nigerian Bar Association, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to come up with strategies that would help in tackling vote buying.
In his remarks, the Director of the Center, who is in-charge of the project, Prof. Ismail Zango said the project supported by MacArthur Foundation is mobilising and educating citizens to actively partake in activities that will encourage social accountability and anticorruption for improved service delivery in local communities.
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He disclosed that the centre had engaged multitudes of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), Faith-Based Organisations and Community-Based Organisations to broaden anti corruption drive through behavioral change.
He said through the project, the Center had trained over 40 CSOs, FBOs, CBOs, Youths and women groups to improve their operations with transparency and accountability.
