As part of efforts to curb corruption, the CLEEN Foundation in collaboration with the Nigeria Police and the Canadian High Commission, yesterday, launched a website where Nigerians could report incidences of bribery and corruption.
The website, stopthebribes.net, according to the CLEEN foundation, is a platform through which cases of bribery and extortion by public officials could be monitored and reported by victims or witnesses.
The executive director of CLEEN, Ms Kemi Okenyodo, in her remarks, affirmed that the project was aimed at strengthening transparency, oversight and advocating appropriate sanctions for public officials found guilty of corruption.
"The public would be able to report corrupt public officials using their mobile phones to send sms, emails or make direct entries on the website, including uploading of videos or photographs which provide evidences of such incidences," Okenyodo said.
In his remarks, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, who was represented by the DCP Interpol, Mr. Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, said that the project's goal was to ensure timely and regular reporting of incidences of bribery, extortion and corruption involving public functionaries, especially the police.
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