CORRUPTION
5.28
Expedite
Action
on
the
Whistle
Blower
and
Freedom
of
Information
Bills
The
Whistleblower
Bill
has
been
passed
into
an
Act
of
Parliament
(Act
720).
The
Bill
was
gazetted
on
October
20th,
2006
and
under
the
act,
individuals
can,
without
fear
or
retribution,
report
corrupt
and
illegal
conduct
in
the
country.
The
Freedom
of
Information
Bill
is
however
yet
to
be
passed
into
an
Act
of
Parliament.
The
delay
is
due
to
a
lack
of
adequate
record
keeping
in
the
MDAs
and
the
focus
is
now
on
providing
adequate
record
keeping
management
for
the
MDAs.
INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISM
5.29
Resourcing
and
Training
of
Journalists
in
Financial
Journalism
The
Institute
of
Financial
and
Economic
Journalists
(IFEJ)
is
an
independent
private
sector
led
institution
which
receives
funding
support
from
donor
agencies
such
as
Friedrich
Erbert
Foundation,
the
International
Finance
Corporation
(IFC)/Good
Morning
Africa
and
corporate
bodies
such
as
Barclays
Bank
and
Unilever
Ghana
limited.
IFEJ
notes
that
there
is
not
a
single
educational
institution
primarily
setup
to
train
students
in
financial
and
economic
journalism
and
also
serve
as
the
hub
of
financial
research;
for
IFEJ
itself
lacks
the
resources
to
undertake
the
training.
PEF
with
the
support
of
the
Government
of
Japan
and
the
United
Nations
Development
Programme
(UNDP)
is
undertaking
a
project
that
will
train
about
forty
students
and
journalists
in
financial
journalism.
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