CORRUPTION IN THE NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: THE PUBLIC CHOICE PERSPECTIVE
CORRUPTION IN THE NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: THE PUBLIC CHOICE PERSPECTIVE
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2014
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IDRIS, Musa
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The high incidence of corruption in Nigeria in spite of the establishment of many anti-corruption agencies posses a great challenge to good governance and has therefore, become an issue of public concern. This study examined the causes of corruption in the Nigerian public service and identified strategies of fighting the vice from the perspective of the public choice theory. The research design was largely qualitative and descriptive using data from Transparency International and information from existing literature. The study established that corruption in the Nigerian public service is induced by public sector incentives and institutional weaknesses. Public sector incentives include government monopolies, regulations and subsidies in the economic sector. Institutional weaknesses include weak accountability frameworks such as problems of corruption reporting, timely prosecution and non-deterrent punishment for corruption offences. The study recommends for reduction of corruption transaction by reducing government participation in the economy, reduction in the size of the public service, increase in .. public sector wages and creation of alternative job opportunities. Others include strengthening of anti-corruption laws to facilitate corruption reporting, prosecution and enforcement of severe punishments on offenders as well as societal value reorientation
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA