Corruption and Administration in Nigeria : The Character of the State Thesis

Innocent, Eme Okechukwu; Onuigbo, Richard Amaechi

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“…Given the differing levels of government in Nigeria (federal and states) and the difference in procurement laws, arguably, tendering ethical dilemmas should be settled from the relativist perspective. Whether the differing procurement laws make tendering moral judgements context-determined (Onuigbo & Eme 2015) will be investigated by this study.…”

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A comparison of prevalence of unethical tendering practices at national and subnational levels in Nigeria

Ogbu¹,

Asuquo

2018

APSDPR

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Nigeria has recently renewed efforts towards stamping out corruption in every area of its national life. Given that construction procurement is particularly prone to corrupt practices, this study investigated the prevalence of unethical tendering practices in the Nigerian public sector. In particular, a comparison to bare the similarities or differences in the prevalence of unethical tendering practices at national and subnational levels is scarcely available in literature. This study’s objective was to determine and compare the prevalence of unethical tendering practices at the national and subnational levels in Nigeria. The data analysis was based on 120 acceptably filled questionnaires obtained from contractor, client and consultant organisations previously involved in public sector projects. The unethical tendering practices were analysed using prevalence indices and Mann–Whitney U tests. Findings include that the three most prevalent unethical tendering practices are contractor-based, namely: (1) competitors offer bribes to gain access to confidential tendering information (C1); (2) competitors overstate their capacity, experience and qualifications to secure construction contracts (C2); (3) the same owner(s) use different firms to tender for the same project (C3), in descending order of prevalence. No significant difference exists between unethical tendering practices in federal and state government projects. The findings of the study will help the Nigerian government and other stakeholders to better understand unethical practices at the tender stage of construction procurement in the public sector and to evolve better strategies for dealing with them. The study contributes to existing knowledge by separately identifying the prevalent unethical tendering practices in the Nigerian context and comparing unethical tendering practices at national and subnational levels within a country

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Section: Professional Ethicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A comparison of prevalence of unethical tendering practices at national and subnational levels in Nigeria

Ogbu¹,

Asuquo

2018

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Corruption in Nigeria : An Examination of Failed National Assembly Probes

Onuigbo¹

2015

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Nigeria is a country reputed for its high corruption index, the activities of the multinational oil companies have always been reported to be in shortfall of globally accepted best practices and transparency. Matters are not helped by a perceivably corrupt agency in charge of supervising the oil and gas industry, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has had cause in the recent past, to accuse the oil majors of irregularities in their financial operations and non-conformity with the statutory laws. The Mbeki report is therefore, only saying the obvious from other quarters. But that is not to foreclose the fact that there are multinationals in other sectors of the economy besides oil and gas. The legislature who supposed to serve as a watch dog is involved in the act. The seventh National Assembly ended its tenure in early June without resolving majority of the huge misgovernance and corruption issues that characterised the out gone administration. Under the former dispensation, the oversight power of the legislature was not judiciously exercised to guarantee Nigerians the dividends for electing their representatives. There were clear cover-ups and lack of political will to bring a lot of the cases to closure. Even when it issues reports on certain important national issues, such as the fuel subsidy scam, the National Assembly lacked the firepower to compel the executive execute its recommendations. As nothing almost always get done after individuals, agencies and corporations are indicted by either the House of Representatives or the Senate, the billions spent yearly on either public hearings and oversight functions have turned out to be mere drains on national resources. This paper addresses these issues.

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The Reliance on Lifestyle Audits for Public Officials to Curb Corruption and Tax Evasion in Nigeria

Animashaun¹,

Chitimira

2021

PER

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Widespread corruption in the Nigerian public service is having a far-reaching detrimental effect on the economy. Public officers and other policy makers that formulate socio-economic policies are the main perpetrators of corruption in Nigeria. This article focusses on the viability of lifestyle audits for public officials as a strategy for combating such corruption, the proceeds of which are usually laundered and warehoused either offshore or in Nigeria with the assistance of professionals such as bankers and lawyers. If such warehoused wealth is discovered it is usually forfeited to the treasury of the government of Nigeria, after the trial of the offenders. This article interrogates the adequacy of the relevant legislation and the efficacy of the statutory bodies responsible for lifestyle audits in Nigeria, such as the Code of Conduct Bureau, which is discussed, as are the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, 2010, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, 2004, and the income tax reporting framework administered by the Federal Inland Revenue Service. It appears that the provisions relating to lifestyle audits under the Nigerian statutes are not robust enough to curb corruption and tax evasion. In addition, the enforcement of such lifestyle audits is hindered by the immunity granted to certain Nigerian public officers and jurisdictional conflicts in prosecuting corruption cases.

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Corruption and Administration in Nigeria : The Character of the State Thesis

Cited by 3 publications

References 23 publications

A comparison of prevalence of unethical tendering practices at national and subnational levels in Nigeria

A comparison of prevalence of unethical tendering practices at national and subnational levels in Nigeria

Corruption in Nigeria : An Examination of Failed National Assembly Probes

The Reliance on Lifestyle Audits for Public Officials to Curb Corruption and Tax Evasion in Nigeria

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