4 Major Reasons Why Corruption Will Continue In Nigerian Governments (See Reasons Here)

Corruption in Nigeria is endemic and as
expected, has done more harm to Nigeria’s
growth and development than good.
While the present administration of
President Muhammadu Buhari, has long
identified corruption as one of the issues
bedeviling Nigeria, the current war
against corruption is dead on arrival if
certain key and far-reaching decisions
are not taken to win the war.
President Buhari has not hidden his
disdain for corrupt acts and has gone
after alleged corrupt past government
officials
Before now, many analysts in Nigeria
have called for the review of the 1999
constitution which in many ways shields
those in government in various ways
even when acts of corruption are
committed by public officials.
According to Nigeria’s former
ambassador to Switzerland, Dr
Humphrey Orjiako, certain constitutional
provisions and statutory practices stall
Nigeria’s nation-growth and reinforce
the proclivity towards dissension.
Naijaloaded lists 4 major reasons why
corruption will continue in Nigerian
governments.
Read below:
1. Immunity Clause
It is a legacy of dubious value from three
decades of authoritarian military rule
which has unfortunately been adopted
by democratic forces since 1999. The
immunity provision protects and shields
from prosecution elected executive
officials who deliberately use their office
to commit acts of corruption, pre-
assured of no consequence for their
actions.
2. Security Vote
A constitutional provision that enables
the president or any state governor to
disburse humongous sums of public
money without any form of scrutiny,
oversight or accountability even from the
legislative arms of government.
Presidents and governors in successive
Nigerian governments at the state and
federal level have continuously taken
advantage of this to dip their hands into
public purse for private gains.
3. Weak Institutions
In a speech delivered by outgoing US
president Barrack Obama in 2013, he
stated that Africa needs strong
institutions and not strong men. Indeed,
this is the bane of most African countries
including Nigeria, where public officials
are like tin gods and continually weaken
institutions either by acts of omission of
commission in order for their impunity
to continue unabated. Many have used
the advantage to line their pockets and
leave democratic institutions begging for
reform.
4. Secrecy in government
A perfect example is the security vote
stated above. Despite the passage of the
Freedom of Information (FOI) bill in
2013, openness, transparency and
accountability requirements in public
institutions are almost going into
extinction. The conspiracy of
government secrets and self-assessment
in Nigerian bureaucracies has made it
easy for government officials to dip their
hands into public funds without query
from any quarters.

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