Reading time: 1 minutes
You've been working at the Treasury for eight years. You're known for your integrity. One day, when you cross payment files, you discover something irrefungible: your director general diverts the equivalent of twenty million CFA francs each month for school canteens in three regions. Thousands of children eat less, or do not eat.
The director is the uncle of the first lady. He was the only one who supported your promotion two years ago. He's a dangerous man, with relays all over the administration.
If you report, you'll lose your job, your reputation will be attacked, and your family will be exposed. The finance inspector you'd report to is a friend of the director's.
If you shut up, the hijacking continues. Children stay without food. And you become, by your silence, an accomplice in a daily robbery.
What are you doing?
- Denounce Write a detailed report, forward it to the IGE or to an investigative journalist, and assume the consequences.
- Silence Protect your position, your family, and live with that knowledge.
