Nigeria: The Problem With EFCC's Corruption Index

18 September 2014

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recently classified states as 'the most corrupt tier of government in Nigeria'.

Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Lamorde said at a workshop for the training of state officials on anti-corruption, fiscal responsibility and good governance it organized in collaboration with House of Representatives Committee on State and Local Government, that corruption in states thrived in the areas of project costing, ghost workers' syndrome, contract awards and their subsequent abandonment, and payment of huge sums of money to political godfathers. Explaining the impact of corruption, Lamorde listed poor service delivery, inadequate infrastructure, bad governance and general underdevelopment as some of its consequences in the states. He disclosed that EFCC investigations showed that corruption exists at an alarming proportion at the state government level in the country. Lamorde said that the Commission has evidence to prove that economic crimes such as embezzlement and misappropriation of funds abound at the second tier of government.

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