WHISTLE-BLOWING POLICY AS ANINSTRUMENT FOR ANTICORRUPTION CAMPAIGN AMONGST CIVIL SERVANTS IN RIVERS STATE
Abstract
The study investigated whistle-blowing policy as an instrument for anti-corruption campaign amongst civil servants in Rivers State. The research adopted a descriptive survey design.The population for the study was made up of 5174 core ministerial civil servants drawn from 26 ministries in Rivers State. A sample size of 370 respondents was derived via theapplication of the Taro Yamen’sformula.Three research questions and three hypotheses were posed to guide the study. The Instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Whistle-Blowing as an Instrument for Anti-Corruption CampaignQuestionnaire” (WIACQ).The reliability of the research instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha method and a reliability coefficient of .82 was obtained. The instrument was validated by three experts from the department of business education and measurement and evaluation; all of Faculty of Technical and Science Education, Rivers State University. A total of 362 copies of the questionnaires only, were retrieved and analysed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions and t-test statistics for the hypothesis at .05 level of significance. The results obtained indicated a low extent of participation in whistleblowing by civil servants in Rivers State and this is as a result of several constraints confronting the policy. Thus, the researchers recommended among others that government should create the enabling environment for whistle-blowers and this will possibly attract its benefits in the service.
Keywords: Whistle-blowing Policy, Anti-Corruption Campaign, Civil Servants
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