The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) and its partners, the National Orientation Agency (NOA), the Technical Unit on Governance and Anti-Corruption Reforms (TUGAR), Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), African Centre for Information and Media Literacy (AFRICMIL) and Yar’Adua Foundation, with the support of MacArthur Foundation, is set to launch the Anti-Corruption Situation Room (ACSR).

ACSRis a situational analysis platform for high level engagements and reviews between anti-corruption stakeholders. The initiative seeks to create a platform for government representatives in the criminal justice and anti-corruption enforcement to engage with Non-Governmental Organisations, Media, Labour Movement, Youth and citizens on anti-corruption and administration of criminal justice policies and programmes of the government.

According to Mr. Olanrewaju Suraju, Chairman of HEDA Resource Centre, the ACSR platform at the federal level and later at selected states will meet, share thoughts, concerns, challenges and jointly seek ways of forging collaborative efforts towards the objectives of fighting corruption through public ownership of the process. In his words, “The central thrust is to build synergies between anticorruption CSOs, the labor movement and law enforcement agencies, the Parliament and Judiciary as a means of improving and broadening the anti-corruption agenda as well as creating an accountability loop and feedback mechanism between anti-corruption agencies, the civil society organisations and the citizens.”

The Minster of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, is to deliver the keynote address and officially launch the Situation Room. Also expected are leadership of the National Assembly, Judiciary, Heads of Anti-Corruption agencies, media representatives and Civil Society Oganisations. The public presentation will be chaired by Professor Abdullahi Shehu, renowned former Director General of West African Inter-Governmental Agency against Money Laundering. The event public presentation scheduled for Tuesday December 19 will hold at Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja.