{"id":58211,"date":"2024-12-19T09:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T09:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58211"},"modified":"2024-12-19T09:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T09:03:23","slug":"kano-launches-anti-corruption-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/19\/kano-launches-anti-corruption-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kano Launches Anti-Corruption Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Kano State Government has officially launched its Anti-Corruption Strategy (2024\u20132028), aimed at combating corruption and promoting integrity across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy was unveiled on Wednesday at an event supported by the European Union-funded Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC), Programme Phase II, implemented by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).<\/p>\n<p>Coinciding with the 2024 International Anti-Corruption Day, which focused on the theme &#8220;Uniting with Youth Against Corruption: Shaping Tomorrow\u2019s Integrity,&#8221; the event emphasized the role of young people in driving change in the fight against corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Abba Yusuf, in his address, described corruption as a &#8220;cancer&#8221; that erodes trust, weakens institutions, and stifles development.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to human rights, transparency in public spending, and tackling systemic corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The event featured debates, awareness campaigns, and discussions aimed at fostering collaboration among anti-corruption agencies, civil society organizations, the media, and the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim Bello, RoLAC State Coordinator, highlighted the European Union&#8217;s ongoing support for Nigeria&#8217;s anti-corruption efforts.<\/p>\n<p>He commended Governor Yusuf\u2019s reform-focused leadership and emphasized the importance of collective action in promoting good governance and accountability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu The Kano State Government has officially launched its Anti-Corruption Strategy (2024\u20132028), aimed at combating corruption and promoting integrity across the state. The strategy was unveiled on Wednesday at an event supported by the European Union-funded Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC), Programme Phase II, implemented by the International Institute for Democracy and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-58211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58213,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58211\/revisions\/58213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}