Tinubu government has threatened to jail government employees who leak official documents, a move that could deter whistleblowers from exposing wrongdoing within the government.
On Tuesday, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, warned that unauthorized disclosure or leakage of official documents, which can negatively impact the country, is a punishable offense.
Akume who spoke at a workshop organized by the Bureau for Public Service Reforms (BPSR) in collaboration with the Office of the Government of the Federation (OSGF).
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“This was done to re-emphasise other extant regulations prohibiting unauthorised disclosure or leakage of official documents” He said.
However, Journalists and civil society organisations sometimes rely on such leaks to expose corruption and wrongdoings within the government.
