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UNODC’s Country programme for Nigeria addresses drug and crime control priorities and focuses on partnerships with key stakeholders. CONIG’s expanding programme portfolio centers around justice sector reform,
anti- corruption, drug control and the fight against other transnational organized crime. It also aims at better services for victims of human trafficking, drug abusers, and HIV-AIDS risk groups.
UNODC Nigeria is located at United Nations House, Plot 617/618 Diplomatic Drive, Central Area District, Abuja P.M.B. 2851, Garki, Abuja.
Tel: 234-9-4616552, 4616555; Fax: 234-9-4618533. We welcome comments and feedback. Please contact [email protected] DECEMBER 2010
ANTI – CORRUPTION
International Anti-Corruption Day
The Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on anti-corruption in
collaboration with UNDP and UNODC organized a 2 day
programme to mark the International Anti- Corruption day in
Nigeria. The 2 day programme comprised of an Anti-Corruption
rally on the 8th and a Grand Finale event on 9 December.
Representatives of the IATT (which comprises of 20 anti-
corruption agencies in Nigeria), Federal Ministries, the Nigeria
Labour Congress (NLC), various Civil Society Organizations,
Students, the diplomatic community, UNDP and UNODC
participated in both events. The theme for the 2010 Anti-
Corruption Day in Nigeria was “Good Strategy 4 Zero Corruption”. It focused on creating greater public awareness of and
engagement in the development of a National Corruption Strategy to Combat Corruption that is currently being prepared
under the lead of the IATT. The Grand Finale event was presided over by the Chairman of the IATT, Prof. H.A. Asobie who
emphasized that the time had come for everybody to think outside the box as corruption in Nigeria had multiplied, despite all
efforts by Government and non-governmental stakeholders to combat corruption. In his key note address, the Hon. Attorney
General of the Federation, Mr. Bello Adoke, assured Nigerians that the Government of President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was
strongly committed to the fight against corruption and will make the implementation of the anti-corruption strategy its
priority. UNODC‘s Country Representative, Ms. Dagmar Thomas emphasized that “the UN system will continue to support
Nigeria and the IATT in the implementation of the strategy and in the development of a robust system of monitoring and
evaluation, focusing in particular on providing civil society and the private sector with a voice, in the process of helping
Government to achieve the objectives as spelt out in the Strategy.
For Further details, please contact: [email protected] and [email protected]
JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM
Bayelsa State
launches Action
Plan for Justice
Sector Reform On 7-8 December,
over 170 stakeholders
operating in the
justice sector, the civil
society, community
leaders and the media
gathered at a Justice Sector stakeholders meeting in Yenagoa to develop and adopt a
comprehensive State Action Plan for Justice Sector Reform. For two days UNODC,
UNICEF and the National Judicial Institute (NJI) worked jointly with all relevant
stakeholders in designing and integrated and comprehensive strategy to enhance
access to justice, increase timeliness and quality of justice delivery, strengthen integrity,
transparency, impartiality and independence of the courts, and improve coordination
among justice sector stakeholders. The workshop marked the launch of the judicial
component of the project NGA T97 “ Partnership in the Bayelsa Expenditure and
Income Transparency Initiative (BEITI) and the Judicial Integrity Action
Programme (JIA)” funded by the Royal Government of The Netherlands.
For further details, please contact: [email protected]
News in Brief UNODC published two major assessments on integrity and
capacity of the justice sector in Nigeria. The respective reports
are available at www.nji.gov.ng or can be obtained in hard copy
through UNODC Country Office Nigeria
Rivers State Government develops the First State Anti-
Corruption Strategy UNODC, UNDP, the Code of Conduct Bureau and the Inter Agency Task
Team on Anti-Corruption were invited by the Rivers State Government
(RSG) to lend their support in launching the development of a State Anti-
Corruption Strategy. On 13 and 14 December the Government gathered
more than 400 senior public officials and members of the Government at a
workshop with the purpose of identifying the key challenges posed in the
fight against corruption in the State and to propose specific measures to
strengthen integrity, transparency and accountability in the management of
public resources and public affairs in the State, including the establishment
of a RSG anti-corruption and Ethics office as well as the launch of a RSG
expenditure and income transparency initiative.
For Further details, please contact: [email protected]
The Team of
UNODC Nigeria
extends its
warmest
regards to you
for the festive
season.
Upcoming Events in 2011: January – March
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (Survey) in Port Harcourt prison
Development of National Training Strategy on TIP
Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop for Law Enforcement
Officers on TIP
Training Workshop for Law Enforcement Officers on TIP in Edo,
Lagos and Kano State
Bayelsa State Justice Sector Implementation Committee Meeting
TOT for Instructors in the prison training institutions
Visit of Expert Programming Missions
