Issues of Corruption in Construction Projects and Infrastructure Development in Nigeria: An Empirical Approach

Exploring the anti‐corruption abilities of e‐procurement in Ghanaian mining companies

“…The illegal manipulation of a procurement process to obtain contracts, goods, or services or to gain an unfair advantage during the procurement process to serve the interest of technocrats and their cronies is known as procurement fraud (Fagbadebo & Mbada, 2021). Bid solicitation, bid evaluation, and contract execution have been determined as the most vulnerable areas for procurement fraud and corruption in developing nations (Adindu et al, 2020; Owusu et al, 2019; Rustiarini et al, 2019; Smith, 2022). Examples of procurement fraud include procurement entities manipulating procurement rules in favor of their preferred tenderer; earmarking projects in the interest of procurement entities rather than the public or organization's interest; intentionally over‐designing to inflate the cost of a project; changing the content of documents to influence contract award; procurement officials undertaking subcontracting activities; procurement officials conniving and condoning with suppliers to accept inferior supplies; payment of fictitious claims and abuse of contracts contingencies (Adindu et al, 2020; Ameyaw et al, 2017; Fagbadebo & Mbada, 2021; Osei‐Tutu et al, 2010; Owusu et al, 2019; Rustiarini et al, 2019; Smith, 2022).…”

Competitive Advantage among Indigenous Construction Firms in Competing with Expatriate Contractors in Nigeria

“…The most important measures of enhancing ICFs' performance were the application of project management techniques in building operations, quality control of materials, and boosting delivery capacity. Also, corruption in the construction industry (Adindu et al, 2019), delayed payment, political instability and interference (Muhammed et al, 2022), and lack of adequate research and development (R&D) (Makarfi, 2017), in the industry among others are the factors affecting the capacity of indigenous construction companies in Nigeria. Hence, increased investment in research and development (R&D) of the construction industry, encouraging foreign companies to provide training and knowledge transfer, foreign companies' investment in local construction materials, and encouraging foreign companies to adopt local content are some of how the foreign construction firms in Nigeria can contribute to the capacity building of indigenous construction companies.…”

“…The indigenous practitioners have also been seen as delivering poor quality projects at an extremely high cost with late project delivery which is also another issue leading to customer dissatisfaction (Tunji-Olayeni et al, 2016). Indigenous practitioners in Nigeria are also involved in corrupt practices such as contract embezzlement, fraud, and inappropriate cost-cutting strategies (Adindu et al, 2019). Summarily, sub-standard megaproject performance, unacceptable site safety practices, low productivity levels, lack of creativity and innovation, rework, outbreak of hostilities (conflicts), client dissatisfaction, delays, higher costs, and shortfall in skilled construction workers are some of the fundamental problems faced by indigenous construction practitioners (Chea et al, 2019;Development Bureau, 2018;Kasih & Adi, 2019;Osuizugbo & Ojelabi, 2020;Rachid et al, 2019).…”