Friday,September 18, 2020 / 01:57 PM / By ICPC / Header Image Credit: @NigeriaGov

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its (2020) 20th meeting, heldWednesday, 19th August, 2020, has approved the National Ethics and IntegrityPolicy. The Policy, which is the brainchild of Independent Corrupt Practicesand Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) was co-sponsored by the Office ofthe Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) and National OrientationAgency (NOA). The Policy was approved for the good and ethical conduct of theNigerian citizenry.

The journey towards developing the policy on Ethics and Integrity forNigeria commenced when the Commission developed the much-acclaimed NationalValues Curriculum for the teaching of 12 identified core values in primary,secondary and tertiary institutions across the nation. The Curriculum, approvedby the National Council on Education in 2004 and infused into existing schoolsubjects is being taught as part of those subjects since 2007/2008 academicsession, with a Teachers' Guide launched in 2012 to assist teachers in theeffective communication of the values.

In his opening statement in the policy document, ICPC Chairman, Prof.Bolaji Owasanoye stated that the development of the National Ethics andIntegrity Policy is"a befitting follow-up to the National Values Curriculuminitiative", adding that, "the policy coming at ICPC's 20th Anniversary andNigeria's 60th year of nationhood is timely".

The Policy was developed in collaboration and consultation withstakeholders (traditional and religious institutions, civil society, the publicand private sector, behavioural change experts, etc.) who also had anopportunity to make their input at a webinar held on 21st May 2020.

Following the approval by the FEC, plans are on-going to convene broaderstakeholder meetings to prepare an action plan and consequence managementframework for the Policy.

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