Month: August 2024
2024/2025 School Year: CONAC for a Corruption Free Schools Re-opening.
The National Anti –Corruption Commission, CONAC, from August 19 to 25, 2024, carried out avast campaign to ensure a corruption free2024/2025 School Year. The campaign was intended to curb bribery, extortion, abuse of function, favouritism, embezzlement of funds and other forms of corruption and injustices common within the start of a new school year as school authoritiesindulge into the sale of places for the admission of students, the collection of undue payments and misappropriation of Parent Teachers’ Association fund.
While officially launching the Campaign on Tuesday August 20, 2024 in Akonolinga, in the Nyong and Nfoumou Division in the Centre Region,Rev Dr. Dieudonné MASI GAMS, Chairman of CONAC, called on the education community to shun and denounce corruption to the National Anti -Corruption Commission.He further visited some schools and education offices in the localities of Akonolinga and Ayos, where he spoke to officials and handed them anti corruption documents bearing messages of the campaign Read more “2024/2025 School Year: CONAC for a Corruption Free Schools Re-opening.”
8th African Anti-Corruption Day. Protecting whistleblowers: the focus of our activities.
CONAC celebrated this event in Bertoua from the 9th to the 11th of July, 2024 by organising a training seminar and an awareness-raising march.
This training seminar was organised on the theme: ‘Effective Whistleblower Protection Mechanism: A Critical Tool in the Fight Against Corruption’, in the Conference Room of the Bertoua Urban Council. The seminar brought together participants from 81 public and semi-public institutions and 26 devolved services consisting of chairpersons and members of anti-corruption units as well as focal points in Delegations, Regional Branches and Agencies of public services in the East. Participants shared experiences and acquired lessons on three themes: ‘the fight against corruption in public procurement in Cameroon’, ‘the protection of whistleblowers in the fight against corruption in Cameroon’ and ‘leadership for behavioural change. Read more “8th African Anti-Corruption Day. Protecting whistleblowers: the focus of our activities.”