Security votes in Nigeria: Disguising stealing from the public purse

Egbo, Obiamaka P.; Nwakoby, Ifeoma; Onwumere, Josaphat Uchechukwu Joe; Uche, Chibuike

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“…According to Transparency International (TI) in (Ewepu, 2019) security vote is a camouflaged cash that propels financial crime in Nigeria and over N241.2 billion is spent annually on security votes by the government. In assertion, Egbo, Nwakoby, Onwumere, and Uche (2012) affirm that security vote is unaccountable, a misappropriation and stealing of public fund under the cover of improving security network. Another factor that stimulates financial crime in Rivers State local government councils is the multiple streams of revenue from disbursement by FAAC, IGR (taxes, rates, rent, interest, fees and fines), grants and donations from oil companies, national and international development partners.…”

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Financial Crime and Local Government Productivity in Rivers State

Briggs¹,

Wege²,

Nkanbia-Davies³

2020

Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, Economics and Fin

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The study investigated the effect of financial crime on local government productivity in Rivers State. The study specifically ascertained the effect of financial crime on effective service delivery and human resource administration in Rivers State local government councils. The predominant factors that induced financial crime in Rivers State local government councils were also identified. Descriptive survey design was employed with purposive sampling drawn from eight local government councils. A total of 220 questionnaires were distributed to the eight local government councils and of the 220, 208 representing 95% were returned and used. The data were analyzed using simple percentages for descriptive analysis and Chi-square (χ2) for hypotheses testing. The findings revealed that financial crime significantly and negatively influenced effective service delivery and human resource administration in Rivers State local government councils. It was further revealed that greed, opportunity and need induced financial crime in Rivers State local government councils. To stimulate employee commitment and effective service delivery in Rivers State local government councils, it was recommended that local government employees should be properly compensated and the institutional and juridical mechanisms (whether on exclusive, concurrent and residual lists) should be strengthened for accountability and deterrence of financial crime.

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Financial Crime and Local Government Productivity in Rivers State

Briggs¹,

Wege²,

Nkanbia-Davies³

2020

Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, Economics and Fin

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“…The practice continued from the 1970s to 1999. On assumption of office in 1999, President Olusegun Obasanjo continued the practice of issuing security votes, this time to state governors and local government chairmen (Egbo et al 2012). In 2017, Transparency International and Civil Society Legislative Centre (CISLAC) stated that:…”

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“…23 The pathology in the funding of counterterrorism has made "terrorist violence" and its sustenance as a channel to amass wealth. 24 As Egbo et al (2012) assert, a security vote is a major avenue of corruption and misappropriation of public funds by political officeholders. Specifically, Egbo et al (2012) argue that under the guise of national security imperatives, security votes have become institutionalized and a site of security misgovernance at federal, state, and local levels.…”

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“…24 As Egbo et al (2012) assert, a security vote is a major avenue of corruption and misappropriation of public funds by political officeholders. Specifically, Egbo et al (2012) argue that under the guise of national security imperatives, security votes have become institutionalized and a site of security misgovernance at federal, state, and local levels. They further attribute its sustenance to the well-entrenched neo-patrimonial approach to governance in Nigeria.…”

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Merchants of Terror: Neo-Patrimonialism, Counterterrorism Economy, and Expansion of Terrorism in Nigeria

Njoku¹

2020

African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review

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“…Although not every Nigerian is corrupt, it is notable that currently, "keeping an average Nigerian from being corrupt is like keeping a goat from eating cassava" [11]. In contemporary Nigeria, many acts of lawlessness such as kidnapping, daylight armed robbery, vandalism, etc., are ubiquitous, but these crimes are all linked to the fact that corruption has become institutionalised [12,13]. As Aluko [14] argues, when a society institutionalises corruption, it permeates into the value system, becomes normative and an embodiment of culture, and in turn manifest in people's behaviours.…”

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“I Collected Money, not a Bribe”: Strategic Ambiguity and the Dynamics of Corruption in Contemporary Nigeria

Dumbili

Sofadekan

2016

Social Sciences

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This article explores the language of corruption in Nigeria. It uses Eisenberg's Strategic Ambiguity concept to examine the extent to which Nigerian legislators and those who occupy the executive arm of the government employ ambiguous languages and actions to execute and defend corrupt practices, and how this institutionalizes the culture of corruption in contemporary Nigeria. The article further explores how ambiguous light punishment, outright non-punishment, state pardon of corrupt elites and the reward of corrupt elites with sensitive government appointments engender corruption in Nigeria. The article argues that while the elites engage in diverse corrupt practices and employ ambiguous words to defend their acts, the judiciary appears to defend rather than punish them. The paper discusses the implications of these findings, concluding that the war against corruption in Nigeria may not be effective, because as those who appear to be fighting corruption are themselves corrupt, the frameworks with which corruption is fought are strategically manipulated by the elites.

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Security votes in Nigeria: Disguising stealing from the public purse

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Financial Crime and Local Government Productivity in Rivers State

Merchants of Terror: Neo-Patrimonialism, Counterterrorism Economy, and Expansion of Terrorism in Nigeria

“I Collected Money, not a Bribe”: Strategic Ambiguity and the Dynamics of Corruption in Contemporary Nigeria

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