'FG will continue to reward whistle-blowers', Minister assures

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Tuesday, November 28, 2017, during a visit to the head office of Leadership newspaper in Abuja.

He clarified the compensation modality as contained in the framework, saying any whistle-blower whose information leads to recovery of up to N1 billion will receive five per cent of the amount.

He said the reward for any amount between N1 billion and N5 billion is 5 per cent for the first N1 billion and four per cent of the remaining N4 billion.

The minister added that any amount above N5 billion will attract 2.5 per cent reward.

Mohammed noted that the policy of government is to keep the identity of whistle blowers secret.

He described as unfortunate the situation where more than one person came out as whistle blowers for the Ikoyi recovery.

He disclosed that the Federal Government has come up with comprehensive strategy to tackle violent extremism across the country.

According to him, the strategy was contained in a document entitled "Policy Framework and National Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism" launched by President Muhammadu Buhari.

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Mohammed said the document was developed after consultations with agencies of government, civil society organisations, the media and academia, as well as the international community.

He also spoke on the various policies and programmes of government at revamping the economy, building infrastructure and creating jobs.

On the fight against corruption, Mohammed said government is winning the war, having succeeded in driving corruption under the table.