The National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS), has revealed that corruption in Nigeria slightly reduced in the year 2019.
The NBS said this in its report tagged “Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trend 2019” released on Friday in Abuja.
The report indicated that out of all Nigerian citizens who had at least one contact with a public official in the 12 months prior to the 2019 survey, 30.2 per cent paid a bribe to, or were asked to pay a bribe by a public official.
The report said that although still relatively high, the prevalence of bribery in Nigeria had undergone a moderate, yet statistically significant decrease since 2016 when it stood at 32.3 per cent.
It explained that three out of the country’s six zones (North-East, North-West and South-West) had recorded decreases in the prevalence of bribery since 2016.
According to the NBS, the North-West is experiencing a considerable and statistically significant decline in the prevalence of bribery from 36 per…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
