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Introduction
Nigeria despite its oil wealth has one
of the largest population of poor people on the African continent.1 Corruption
is however the major cause of poverty in Nigeria. Despite more than a decade of
civilian democratic rule, Nigeria still faces huge governance and development
challenges. Transparency International ranked Nigeria 136 with a score of 26 on
its 2015 corruption perception index.2 Despite efforts made by the government
for the past decade to provide a better legal and institutional framework to
curb corrupt practices in the public service, there are still major issues with
corruption. Giving the way the practice of corruption has become generally
accepted in Nigeria, the research may think it is because there are no laws and
institutions to curb corruption. This is not the case. In fact there are
several laws that proscribe corruption and institutions to curb corruption in
the public sector.
The Penal and Criminal Codes both
contain anti-corruption provisions. Accordingly, the law prohibit demanding and
receiving of bribes by public officials. The law also penalise anyone who
either gives or offers bribe to public officers. The law also prohibit the
activities of agents, relatives and other close associates of public officers
to demand or receive gratification either for them or any other person.
The Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, 1999 provides for the establishment of the Code of Conduct
Bureau.3 The Bureau was designed to monitor compliance with anti-corruption
regulations in the code of conduct for public officers. In addition to the
Nigerian Constitution, there are other laws, regulations, and initiatives that
have been enacted or implemented to fight corruption. The Corrupt Practices and
Other Related Offences Act led to the establishing of the Independent Corrupt
Practices Commission (ICPC). The Act prohibits corruption, corrupt practices
and corrupt enrichments and aims at the enthronement of probity,
accountability, transparency, honesty, integrity and credibility in public
life. The Act also establishes an Independent Corrupt Practices and Other
Related Offences Commission charged with the responsibility of investigating
and prosecuting offender under the Act.
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Also, Due Process was established to
commence contract award review, oversight and certification process.4 It is a
mechanism that certifies for public funding only those projects that have
passed the test of proper-implementation packaging. Those projects most comply
with the stringent requirements of international competitive bid approach in
award process.
TOPIC: CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR ANTI CORRUPTION CRUSADE IN NIGERIA
Chapters: 1 - 5
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Number of Pages: 80
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