TRANSPARENCY AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCIES IN THE FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE OF NIGERIA
TRANSPARENCY AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCIES IN THE FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE OF NIGERIA
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2013-06
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IDRIS, Musa
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Abstract
Corruption is one of the major concerns of governments. Concerted efforts have been
made by the Federal Government of Nigeria to fight this vice by enacting relevant laws
and establishing relevant agencies to promote transparency and accountability in her
public service. These include the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and its Tribunal, the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) among others. In spite of
these efforts, Nigeria's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) according to Transparency
International still remains low. The objectives of this paper are to determine the levels
of transparency and the effectiveness of the anti-corruption agencies in the Federal
Public Service and examine the relationship between the variables. Other objectives
were to identify the problems associated with transparency and the effectiveness of
the anti-corruption agencies with a view to making suggestions. The research design
was mainly survey research and the population consisted of staff of the anti-corruption
agencies and other federal ministries, departments and agencies. Representatives of
civil society organisations were also interviewed. The data were presented in tables
and freguencies using chi-sguare (x) distribution to test the hypothesis. The study
revealed that both the levels of transparency and the effectiveness of the anticorruption
agencies in the Federal Public Service were low and that the level of
transparency has affected the effectiveness of the anti-corruption agencies in the
Federal Public Service. It has been recommended that the Freedom of Information Bill
which was passed into an act be implemented without further delay, compulsory
public declaration of assets and liabilities by public servants and societal value reorientation
among others.
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Department of Public Administration Faculty of Administration Ahmadu Bello University,
Zaria