CORRUPTION IN THE NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE: A CASE STUDY OF ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)

Abstract

This paper synthesizes the assessment of anti-corruption
strategies adopted by previous administrations in Nigeria, and the effectiveness
of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Factors militating
against the effectiveness of EFCC were identified, and solutions proffered.
Corruption in education was also noted. The administration of some heads of
state before the establishment of EFCC were discovered to fuel corruption,
while some administrations proved to have adopted Gandhian approach to fight
corruption; they recorded success but were not sustained because their efforts
were found to have been frustrated by their succeeding administrations. The
results of the frustrations lead to the establishment of EFCC which is an
institution to tackle corruption during democracy. Finally, it was revealed that
the achievement of EFCC’s mandates is low. Towards anticorruption strategies
and the effectiveness of EFCC, recommendations were suggested. It is believed
that if the recommendations were fully implemented, balanced development is
inevitable