African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development

Centre LSD’s Anti-Corruption Work

Centre LSD anti-corruption work is programmed around Promoting transparency, accountability, citizens engagement, and service delivery at the national, sub-national and local government levels.

Over the years, the Centre has collaborated with state and non-state actors in her effort to contribute to the fight against corruption in the country. One of such effort was with CLEEN Foundation, on the “Access Nigeria Project” to build relationship with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and access information to fight corruption in Nigeria”. This led to a follow-up meeting with the chairman of EFCC where he discussed with the CSOs present the challenges faced in the fight against corruption in this current administration and the implication of the passage of the bill seeking to make the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) autonomous. The bill, the EFCC chairman believes, will weaken the powers of the EFCC to fight corruption in Nigeria.

The Centre also made useful contributions in several meetings hosted by the Presidential Committee Against Corruption (PACAC). In addition, Centre LSD has organized several Citizens roundtable to discuss the anti-corruption commitments of the Open Government Partnership and how citizens can ensure the Nigerian Government keeps her OGP commitments.
A major area of concern for the Centre in the fight against corruption in Nigeria is the high level of opacity at the subnational levels. Strategies on how to devolve the anti-corruption campaign to sub-national levels is an issue the Centre is currently engaging through the Open Government Partnership Initiative.