BBC: Who will be your Integrity Idol 2017
Meet one of the nominees in Liberia’s hunt for most trustworthy official […]
Pharmacist Named 2016 Integrity Idol Winner of the Year
By: Gbatemah Senah. This article was originally published by The Bush Chicken. Photo: Gbatemah Senah A pharmacist in the government hospital in Tubmanburg, Bomi has been named the Integrity Idol winner for 2016. Bockarie Sakilla was announced as the winner on Wednesday at an official award ceremony in where President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and scores of government officials were in attendance. The 2016 Integrity Idol is the second iteration of a nationwide campaign by Accountability Lab Liberia in partnership with the Open Society Initiative of West Africa, UNDP, the Swedish Embassy in Monrovia, and the European Union. The program [...]
Fighting Corruption: “Naming and Faming”: Liberia’s Most Honest Gov’t Officials
By: Lawrence Yealue, Country Representative for Accountability Lab Liberia. This article was originally published by Front Page Africa. National TV and Radio Campaign by Accountability Lab this week seeks to celebrate “Integrity Idols”. Corruption and a lack of accountability remain critical challenges to Liberia’s development- the most recent Transparency International poll scored Liberia at just 83rd out of 168 countries.Traditional approaches to tackling corruption have tended to involve the creation of laws, enforcement of rules and efforts to ensure compliance by individuals- all of which are a part of the solution.The difficulty with these approaches, however, is that they start [...]