Nigerians spend more than $1.2 billion each year to pay bribes to public officials, a new survey by the country's statistics office has said.
The National Bureau of Statistics in its report titled "Corruption in Nigeria, Bribery: Public Experience and Response 2017 Survey" said out of every 10 bribes paid to civil servants nine are made in cash, posing an arduous test on the country's anti-graft measures.
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