She has shared what she’ll do to change Nigeria. She has also driven the conversation around how we can dismantle patriarchy. This time, broadcast veteran, Funmi Iyanda’s #HowToFixNigeria will be discussing how to tackle corruption.

An apt topic considering the times we live in where regardless of increasing economic difficulties crippling the nation, we have a President whose sole objective seems to be tackling corruption. A task many have argued that he isn’t objectively nor effectively carrying out.

Whatever the case, we all agree that corruption needs to be tackled.

On Friday, the 9th of December, Funmi Iyanda, Oya Media, and the Royal African Society in partnership with the Africa Research Group at King’s College London will host the next edition of the #HowToFixNigeria series. They’ll be in conversation with Kayode Ogundamisi, Journalist and commentator on Nigerian and international affairs, and convener of the Liberty Forum UK; Charles Abiodun Alao, Professor of African Studies at King’s College London; Maggie Murphy, Transparency International’s Senior Global Advocacy Manager; Ayo Sogunro, Writer, Teacher, Columnist, Lawyer.

The conversation will also focus on the how corruption, as we now experience it, has only been made possible by a network of offshore secrecy jurisdictions and tax havens – many of which are overseen by the UK and directly benefit certain British interests.

The speakers will address the question about what is being done to tackle corruption both in Nigeria and internationally? And whether or not this era of economic recession and ongoing security challenges the right one for Nigeria to definitively tackle corruption?

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