The project will provide mentoring and financial support for the journalists to work with the ICIR to undertake investigative and data-driven reports on budget and procurement issues.
By Archibong Jeremiah
The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) has announced 20 fellows for its final phase of the Open Contract Reporting Project (OCRP). The OCRP is a three-year project funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation under its “On-Nigeria Anti-corruption Program”.
The project will provide mentoring and financial support for the journalists to work with the ICIR to undertake investigative and data-driven reports on budget and procurement issues.
The ICIR is an independent, non-profit media organization that aims to promote good governance in Nigeria through robust investigative, data-driven reporting. They aim to build a culture of watchdog reporting for the media in Nigeria.
For this project, 20 journalists were selected from different states in Nigeria in all six geopolitical zones across print, electronic, and digital media.
The OCPR is the Centre’s accountability reporting project, which seeks to promote fiscal transparency and accountability in Nigeria’s budget and procurement processes.
In the last seven years, the Centre has worked to build the capacity for journalists to effectively investigate and report on budget and procurement issues, thus strengthening open contracting processes and engendering effective service delivery for the welfare of the citizens, particularly at the sub-regional level.
They have trained over 250 journalists across different newsrooms in Nigeria and published more than 300 investigative reports holding power to account in Nigeria across different sectors.
See the participants below:
ICIR Announces PIJAlance Editor for OCRP Fellowship — The PIJAlance Magazine