The Country Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime, Oliver Stolpe, and Chairman of the Presidential Advisory
Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, are among several
dignitaries scheduled to speak at the launching of a new mobile and
web application device, FLAG’IT, designed by the Akin Fadeyi
Foundation.
A statement on Monday by the anti-corruption foundation stated
that the app designed for the reporting of corrupt practices as a
project initiated by the foundation and would be unveiled in Abuja
this month.
It said the app, funded by MacArthur Foundation aimed to further
promote the anti-corruption fight in Nigeria by opening up
opportunities to the public to report and document their encounters
of corruption and engage government officials on service delivery
and corrupt practices across the country.
According to the statement, Sagay, a renowned law scholar, will
deliver the keynote address at the event, while the Publisher of
Premium Times, Mr Dapo Olorunyomi; Corp Marshal of Federal Roads
Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi; Co-Director, On-Nigeria and Africa
Director, MacAuthur Foundation, Dr Kole Shettima; and Founder of
The Cable online Newspaper, Simon Kolawole, are all billed to speak
on various topics at the event.
It said that Akin Fadeyi Foundation was one of the grantees in
MacAuthur Foundation’s ongoing Bet-On-Nigeria Project and had been
deploying drama parodies to campaign against corruption in
Nigeria.
Announcing the planned launch of the app, the Founder and
Executive Director, Akin Fadeyi Foundation, Akin Fadeyi said, “The
need to explore a technology-driven tool to empower citizens’ and
stimulate public institutions’ engagement in fighting corruption in
Nigeria, makes FLAG’IT a valuable tool in our ambitious quest for a
corrupt-free public service.
“This process followed the outcome derived from our previous
campaigns and researches on the efficacy of technological
innovation as a sure bet mechanism for providing measurable
feedback, analytics and insights for effecting sustainable service
delivery.”
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