The Corruption Crackdown: A Call to Action for Anti-Corruption Agencies and Other Law Enforcement Agencies’ Policy Brief by the HEDA Resource Centre with support from the MacArthur Foundation, draws from discussions and recommendations at the 30th Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR) held on July 11-12, 2023, in Abuja. The theme was “Reviewing the Fight Against Corruption: From Buhari’s Regime to Setting the Agenda for the Tinubu Administration.”
This policy brief focuses on the anti-corruption aspect of their work and the Law Enforcement Agencies who work on financial corruption, abuse of office and related matter. It maintains that the Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACAs) and Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) play pivotal roles in the crackdown on corruption within a country. Their combined efforts are essential in combating corrupt practices effectively because ACAs and LEAs are responsible for investigating allegatons of corrupton,
gathering evidence, and prosecuting individuals or organizations involved in corrupt activities.
Challenges such as political interference have continued to pose a significant challenge to the independence and effectiveness of ACAs and LEAs. The policy therefore recommends interagency cooperation and unified crime database,
transparency and operational improvement within the ACAs, citizen and CSOs engagement, staff welfare and institutional support for the institutions, promoting enactment of the whistle-blower protection bill, and taking leadership role in the implementation of the National Ant-Corruption Strategy (NACS)
