 As part of efforts to tackle corruption in public sectors to ensure transparency, accountability and governing process across the country, anti-corruption network, coalition of association for leadership, peace, empowerment and development, CalPED and other stakeholders have called on Cardinal State House of Assembly for the domestication of freedom of information bill to give citizens access to information to hold public servants and government officials accountable. They gave the advice of the one-day advocacy dialogue with the theme community-led anti-corruption and accountability engagement through improving access to information with the aim to create awareness on social procurement in all sectors. Plus the news corresponded, Habila Derafi filed in this report. The need to have good governance is the desire of every citizen with these aim CSO stakeholders gathered to seek possible ways to end corruption and embezzlement of public funds. Although Cardinal State was the first state to join the open government policy, in Nigeria yet there is no full access to information in some of the public sectors for citizens to hold accountable. Speaking, the team lead, good governance and anti-corruption Goj Yusuf Isyaku says poor access to information in public sectors in this tracking government budget and no suspending for citizens to know and hold public servants accountable. He noted that the advocacy will accelerate passage of the freedom of information bill to the next government, stressing to interface on strategies to develop monitoring mechanisms for tracking and analyzing. About 70% of all corruption in the public sector happens through the contract process and it is as a result of that that we feel that citizens need to put their eyes more around the procurement and contract process because this process is what delivers services that directly impact on the lives of people. And if we are able to minimize corruption, how government take those critical decisions that affects you at night and citizens can have information and influence the governance process also hold government accountable. Also the program manager Seth Luke says over 70% of public funds are divided by individuals through procurement noting that they need to monitor the transparency and actualization of government projects. In the state and Nigeria entirely we get to notice that 70% of Nigeria's fund which is the public fund are being stolen or have been debated through public procurement, construction of schools, construction of roads. We tend to look at the areas where we can monitor, where we can track those funds so that there will be accountability, there will be transparency in public funds. Let's just be that specific people get to embezzle all those funds. Also the Air Anti-Corruption Unit, Cardinal State Minister of Justice Mose Kakaki says corruption affects development of any country saying that increasing awareness and existing social accountability digital platforms is an effective tool for a fight against corruption in public procurement and project execution. It affects development, it affects everything and you know when resources are meant for the public good and they are they are invited for other purposes you know it's towards development be they education, health, and other infrastructure. So for us our focus is let us carry the people along as we can see it's been done in this program. We'd also like to do community outreach so that citizens can be engaged also in the in the fight against corruption in the state. The Anti-Corruption Network incites that the government must provide adequate and free access to information to fight against misappropriation of funds in our public sector. Hello hope you enjoyed the news please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.