File photo: Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi
The Federal Government has urged the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to develop and implement homegrown anti-corruption strategies, saying effective action at the subnational level is essential to improving transparency, accountability and public service delivery.
The call was made on Wednesday at a three-day workshop on the implementation tools for the Plateau State Integrity and Accountability Strategy, PLASIAS, which commenced in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
The workshop, which focuses on the Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation framework, operating guidelines and templates for PLASIAS, was declared open by the Head of the National Anti-Corruption Secretariat, Mrs Victoria Ojogbane, who represented the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN.
Ojogbane commended the Plateau State Government for advancing the implementation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy, saying only seven states had so far commenced the process.
