Nigeria, Feb. 7 -- The Nigerian government lacks effective preventive measures to tame corruption, the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch has said.

It asked the government to establish an institutional framework for measuring corruption reduction in public governance.

The Centre, a not-for-profit organisation, made the observation in Abuja on Tuesday while setting an agenda for the government's anti-corruption efforts in 2024.

Umar Yakubu, who leads the centre, presented what he termed a monitoring mechanism for Nigeria's implementation of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).

His presentation dwelt on UNCAC articles and observable gaps in Nigeria's implementation of the instrument and how to overco...