WHISTLE-BLOWING POLICY: AN IMPERATIVE FOR QUALITATIVE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

 

Ivy I. Nebe¹*, Fadeke E. Owolabi²

¹Ms.c Candidate, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Covenant University, Ota-Nigeria, ivy.nebepgs@stu.cu.edu.ng

²Phd, Department of Political Science & International Relations, Covenant University; fadeke.owolabi@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

*Corresponding Author

Abstract

Corruption is a high-headed monster that has eaten deep into all spheres of the Nigerian socio-economic system. All policy attempts to curb this vice have not been yielding expected results. To curb this menace, Muhammadu Buhari’s administration put a whistle-blowing policy to expose corrupt practices in all sectors of the nation. This policy tends to have recorded incredible success, especially in recovering misappropriated funds in the country. However, in the education sector, there seems to be paucity in research done that exposed the corrupt practices inherent and proffer a strong argument for the adoption of whistle-blowing policy as a panacea for qualitative education. It is against the preceding that this study advocates the importance of whistle-blowing in the education sector in Nigeria and how it will help reduce and curb corruption in the educational system. The study begins with an Introduction, literature review, methodology, the central discourse, conclusion and recommendations. The study adopted an exploratory research method and relied on secondary data collection and analysis sources done thematically. The study found that whistle-blowing policy would be more effective in educational institutions if there is a proper communication channel for reporting wrongdoings. It also found out that the ranking of staff in the academic institution discourages whistle-blowers. This study recommended that there should be proper mechanisms of communication for whistle-blowers to report corruption cases in the education sector and encourage staff to report wrongdoings in the institution.

Keywords: Corruption, Education, Nigeria, Policy, Whistle-blowing