Nigeria: The NBS Report On Bribery

7 September 2017

The report merely confirms that the roots of corruption in the police and judiciary are deep and wide

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently released a report on bribery in Nigeria. A total of N400bn was received in bribes by public officials within a period of one year, according to the report which stated further that 32 per cent of Nigerian adults who had contact with public officials between June 2015 and May 2016 had to pay bribes to government workers. The police and the judiciary were rated as some of the most corrupt institutions in the country.

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