The Control of Corruption in Nigerian Government: A focus on duties and functions of an Anti-corruption Agency
Muhammed, Aliu (2014)
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Corruption in Nigerian government past and present has been a recurring phenomenon. The three arms of government (executive, judiciary and legislature) are enmeshed in corruption. Corruption being a worldwide phenomenon affects mostly developing and underdeveloped countries. Many countries therefore try as much as possible to control the incidences of corruption in governance through various means. Nigerian governments at various times have adopted different measures to control corruption and corrupt practices. The objective of this research is to explain how effective an anti-corruption agency could be in the control of corruption in Nigerian government. Special attention would be focused on the duties and functions of ICPC in controlling corruption in Nigeria.
Corruption is therefore researched historically in Nigerian government. The decay in Nigerian government is as a result of the institutionalization of corruption by various governments in the past and present. It researched how anti-corruption agency can stem the incidences of corruption in Nigerian public life. ICPC was thus charged with the control of corruption in public services, but unfortunately it was rendered incapacitated by the government.
Qualitative research method is adopted for this research. This method is based on documentary analysis which has been proven to be one of the best ways of doing research in management. In public administration, documentary analysis is used for phenomena of interest that cannot be measured through personal interviews, with questionnaires, or by direct observation. Moreover, the central concepts of this thesis are based on corruption, ethics, and control.
The main finding of this research is that despite the various approaches by governments in Nigeria to control corruption, they were not realisable due to lack of political will, godfatherism, and other factors that encourage corruption. To effectively control corruption in Nigerian government, there should be po-litical will from the government. Also, anti-corruption agency should be independent, free from interfer-ence from any arm of the government. Also anti-corruption initiative should be a bottom top initiative. Anti-corruption agency should be instituted in every local government of Nigeria thereby fighting corruption from the local to state and then federal governments.
Corruption is therefore researched historically in Nigerian government. The decay in Nigerian government is as a result of the institutionalization of corruption by various governments in the past and present. It researched how anti-corruption agency can stem the incidences of corruption in Nigerian public life. ICPC was thus charged with the control of corruption in public services, but unfortunately it was rendered incapacitated by the government.
Qualitative research method is adopted for this research. This method is based on documentary analysis which has been proven to be one of the best ways of doing research in management. In public administration, documentary analysis is used for phenomena of interest that cannot be measured through personal interviews, with questionnaires, or by direct observation. Moreover, the central concepts of this thesis are based on corruption, ethics, and control.
The main finding of this research is that despite the various approaches by governments in Nigeria to control corruption, they were not realisable due to lack of political will, godfatherism, and other factors that encourage corruption. To effectively control corruption in Nigerian government, there should be po-litical will from the government. Also, anti-corruption agency should be independent, free from interfer-ence from any arm of the government. Also anti-corruption initiative should be a bottom top initiative. Anti-corruption agency should be instituted in every local government of Nigeria thereby fighting corruption from the local to state and then federal governments.