The group made the admonition on Monday during a media parley with journalists on the anti-corruption beat in Abuja.
CMPA is implementing the Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption Performance Public Reporting project, which is funded by the MacArthur Foundation and is scheduled to run from 2023 to 2024.
During the roundtable on Monday, the Director of Communication, Outreach and Advocacy, CMPA, Ibrahim Uba-Yusuf noted that the event which had in attendance over 25 journalists from broadcast, print, and online media, was part of the advocacy against corruption.
“You all’s presence here is part of our advocacy for anti-corruption reporting, and we hope that what you’ve learnt here would propel you to do much better in reporting corruption cases’” Uba-Yusuf said.
Meanwhile, the Executive Director and Project Manager, CMPA, Dr Suleiman Suleiman, while addressing the journalists pointed out the differences in how reporters and media organizations report anti-corruption cases. He attributed it to the lack of a unified reporting template.
“However, at the end of the project, we will produce a harmonized reporting template for the media and the anti-corruption agencies,” he added.
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