May 25, 2021
Following remarks from Iraqi President Barham Salih, who admitted on Sunday that Iraq has lost $150 billion since 2003 to corruption, a new international project launched on Monday aims to curb embezzlement and bolster transparency in Iraq’s public sector.
The 15 million-euro ($18.3 million) initiative, led by the United Nations Development Program Iraq in partnership with the European Union Mission in Iraq, was designed to support Iraqi institutions and enable Iraqi civil society to play a more active role in identifying and fighting corruption.
“Combating corruption requires a joint and unified effort from the Iraqi government, state institutions and the Iraqi society,” said the Ambassador of the European Union Mission to Iraq Martin Hutt in a release.
South Asian countries share common traditions, heritage, culture and history. Thus it is not surprising that Bangladesh, India and Pakistan also share the colonial legacy of repressive and authoritarian laws, often called the colonial hangover . When enacted, the tone, objective and approach of those laws were rules that served to suppress and oppress on behalf of the colonial masters rather than protect the rights, uphold dignity and ensure freedom of the people. Among many laws, the Official Secrets Act, 1923 (OSA) is one of the widely used laws still applicable in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. The law is popularly known as an anti-espionage law and has under its purview all matters of secrecy and confidentiality with regard to the government or state affairs. The most commonly used sections of OSA are Section 3 and 5. Section 3 criminalises spying and Section 5 criminalises unauthorised disclosure of secret government information including any secret official code, password, sk
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Poor governance report rightly indicts leadership The Punch
Published 5 May 2021
ACCUSTOMED to global ill-repute, Nigerians received the latest ranking of the country as the third worst governed of 104 countries surveyed with a sense of déjà vu. The Chandler Good Governance Index 2021 that ranked Nigeria as the third worst-led jurisdiction, ahead only of Zimbabwe and Venezuela, cited poor leadership, lack of strong institutions and corruption as some of the factors taken into consideration. These, along with insecurity, rights violation and incompetent law enforcement are experienced daily by the population. Reversing them should be a priority for the federal and state governments.
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