Over N400 Billion Paid As Bribes in Buhari’s First Year As Revealed By United Nations

Date: 17-08-2017 8:32 am (6 years ago) | Author: kacy lee
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Over N400 billion was paid as bribes to civil servants in the first year of President Muhammad Buhari’s administration.

This is according to a new report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in conjunction with the National Bureau of Statistics.

The National Corruption Report titled, “Bribery: public experience and response 2017” jointly coordinated by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and United Nations Office of Drug and Crime (UNODC) disclosed that “almost a third of Nigerian adults (32.3 per cent) who had contact with a public official between June 2015 and May 2016 had to pay, or were requested to pay, a bribe to that public official.”

About 90.2 per cent of those living in the North West believe that government is very effective in fighting corruption. In the North East, the figure is 88.4 percent, it drops to 72.6 percent in the North Central, 68.9 percent in the South West, 41.2 percent in the South East and 41.3 percent in the South South region.

According to the survey, bribe-payers in Nigeria pay an average of some six bribes in one year, or roughly one bribe every two months whole on average, almost one bribe is paid by every adult Nigerian per year.

“By combining the total number of people who paid a bribe to a public official with the frequency of those payments, it is estimated that a total of roughly 82.3 million bribes were paid in Nigeria in the 12 months prior to the survey.

“This results in an average of 0.93 bribes paid per adult, or almost one bribe paid by every adult Nigerian per year.

“Roughly 400 billion Nigerian Naira spent on bribes each year.”

“Taking into account the fact that nine out of every ten bribes paid to public officials in Nigeria are paid in cash and the size of the payments made, it is estimated that the total amount of bribes paid to public officials in Nigeria in the 12 months prior to the survey was around 400 billion Nigerian Naira (NGN), the equivalent of $4.6 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP). This sum is equivalent to 39 per cent of the combined federal and state education budgets in 2016.”

The average sum paid as a cash bribe is approximately NGN 5,300, meaning that every time a Nigerian pays a cash bribe, he or she spends an average of about 28.2 per cent of the average monthly salary of approximately NGN 18,900.

“Since bribe-payers in Nigeria pay an average of 5.8 bribes over the course of one year, 92 per cent of which are paid in cash, they spend an average of NGN 28,200 annually on cash bribes ― equivalent to 12.5 per cent of the annual average salary.”

After the high cost of living and unemployment, the report says Nigerians consider corruption to be the third most important problem facing their country, well ahead of the state of the country’s infrastructure and health service.

However, public sector bribery is not the only form of corruption affecting Nigeria as the prevalence of bribery in relation to selected employees of private companies is 5.5 per cent, meaning that bribery is also significant in the private sector in Nigeria.

While money is by far the most important form of bribe payment in Nigeria, the survey shows that other forms of bribe payment, such as the provision of food and drink, the handing over of valuables or the exchange of another service or favour, also exist. Qualitative research shows that such exchanges may sometimes include s3xual services, although the actual extent of that particular form of bribe payment is unknown.

Forty-two per cent of bribes are paid to speed up or finalize an administrative procedure that may otherwise be delayed for long periods or even indefinitely, the second largest proportion of bribes (18 per cent) is paid to avoid the payment of a fine, while 13 per cent of all bribes are paid to avoid the cancellation of public utility services.

The survey also noted that police officers receive bribes the most, prosecutors come in second at 33 per cent, and they are closely followed by judges and magistrates, at 31.5 per cent.

“Other public officials with a high risk of bribery include car registration/driving licence officers (28.5 per cent), tax and custom officers (27.3 per cent), road traffic management officials (25.5 per cent), public utilities officers (22.4 per cent) and land registry officers (20.9 per cent).”

“The survey indicates that among those households with a member who applied for a post and was actually recruited into the public administration, more than 15 per cent admitted to the payment of a bribe to facilitate their recruitment.

It was equally discovered that more men paid bribes than women but it would appear that young adults are more vulnerable to bribery than other age groups.

Also, out of every 100 people who paid a bribe every time it was requested, 20 refused to do so on at least one occasion.

The Head of Cooperation of the European Union (EU) Kurt Cornelis said about €30m was spent on the survey and other processes leading to the publication of the report.

Cornelis said the effort was part of the EU, UNODC and other partners to help Nigeria overcome the scourge of corruption.


Posted: at 17-08-2017 08:32 AM (6 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- Donchijoz at 17-08-2017 08:37 AM (6 years ago)
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We are fighting kworoption.
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- tegonwa at 17-08-2017 08:39 AM (6 years ago)
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Quote from: Donchijoz on 17-08-2017 08:37 AM
We are fighting kworoption.
haha Let Them Keep On Decieving Themselves.
Posted: at 17-08-2017 08:39 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- tegonwa at 17-08-2017 08:41 AM (6 years ago)
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Very Hopeless.I Cry For Nigeria.Nawaa O!
Posted: at 17-08-2017 08:41 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Patrioti at 17-08-2017 08:56 AM (6 years ago)
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Where are those Internet dogs attacking GEJ, let them say something about Buhari - the father of all corruption.
Posted: at 17-08-2017 08:56 AM (6 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Starnixx at 17-08-2017 09:06 AM (6 years ago)
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we are all living in corruption
Posted: at 17-08-2017 09:06 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- pricklong at 17-08-2017 09:29 AM (6 years ago)
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NIGERIA MONEY IS FINISHED HAUSA HAS KILLED NIGERIA
Posted: at 17-08-2017 09:29 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Haso112 at 17-08-2017 09:55 AM (6 years ago)
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All of you above me.... I just dey shake my head for una... TEGONWA especially... You guys definitely didn't read the stuff.. You just saw the headline and jumped to comment section.....! Sorry for you guys....!!!
Posted: at 17-08-2017 09:55 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- freethinker at 17-08-2017 09:57 AM (6 years ago)
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I TOLD YOU GUYS THIS GOVT IS THE WORST SINCE HISTORY OF NIGERIA
THEY ARE ONLY FIGHTING THE OPPOSITION...
THEY ARE CORRUPT TO THE CORE.......
BUHARI AND HIS COHORTS ARE EVIL, AND DANGERIOUS....
Posted: at 17-08-2017 09:57 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- ruthie at 17-08-2017 09:58 AM (6 years ago)
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MUMU PEOPLE...SPREADING LIES...HOW CAN THEY ACTUALLY MEASURE SUCH...YES, WE KNOW ALL THESE THINGS CANNOT STOP EXCEPT OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE STRENGTHENED AND MEASURES TAKEN AGAINST DEFAULTERS...
Posted: at 17-08-2017 09:58 AM (6 years ago) | Hero
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- freethinker at 17-08-2017 09:59 AM (6 years ago)
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Quote from: Haso112 on 17-08-2017 09:55 AM
All of you above me.... I just dey shake my head for una... TEGONWA especially... You guys definitely didn't read the stuff.. You just saw the headline and jumped to comment section.....! Sorry for you guys....!!!
BETTER SORRY FOR YOURSELF AND BUHARI GOVT....
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH AISHA HAS WASTED SINCE THEY ENTER?
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.................
Posted: at 17-08-2017 09:59 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Haso112 at 17-08-2017 09:59 AM (6 years ago)
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@KAYCLEE NA TODAY I NO SAY YOU GET PROBLEM.... HERE IS THE REAL HEADLINE WHERE YOU TOOK THE NEWS FROM.

Public officials took N400bn bribe in 1 year - NBS - Vanguard News

And then you decided to make it your own.... WHAT A SHAM....!
Posted: at 17-08-2017 09:59 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Haso112 at 17-08-2017 10:03 AM (6 years ago)
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Quote from: freethinker on 17-08-2017 09:59 AM
BETTER SORRY FOR YOURSELF AND BUHARI GOVT....
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH AISHA HAS WASTED SINCE THEY ENTER?
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.................

READ...!!! IF YOU INDEED READ THE ARTICLE, YOU'D UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE POINTING AT....!!! GOSH... I AM NOT SUPPORTING BUHARI OR THIS GOVT. OR ANY SHIT LIKE THAT.... KAYCLEE OR WHATEVER THAT GIRLS NAME IS, TOOK A STORY FROM VANGUARD AND DECIDED TO PUT BUHARI'S NAME IN IT, MEANWHILE THE ESSENCE OF THE STORY WAS TO POINT OUT THE LEVEL OF ''BRIBERY & CORRUPTION'' IN NIGERIA AS A WHOLE WHICH HAS NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH BUHARI... YOU GUYS NEED TO OPEN YOUR MINDS AND STOP BEING OBJECTIVE.... BRIBERY & CORRUPTION IS NOT ONLY NIGERIA'S PROBLEM BUT THE WHOLE OF ''AFRICA''...

I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE SMART, YOU ALLOW SOME OF THIS POSTERS MAKE US FIGHT EACH OTHER AND SAY THINGS WE SHOULDN'T BECAUSE OF LAZY HEADLINES...! TOO BAD.
Posted: at 17-08-2017 10:03 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Haso112 at 17-08-2017 10:11 AM (6 years ago)
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Quote from: ruthie on 17-08-2017 09:58 AM
MUMU PEOPLE...SPREADING LIES...HOW CAN THEY ACTUALLY MEASURE SUCH...YES, WE KNOW ALL THESE THINGS CANNOT STOP EXCEPT OUR INSTITUTIONS ARE STRENGTHENED AND MEASURES TAKEN AGAINST DEFAULTERS...

YOU KNOW... IT BAFFLES ME HOW SOME PEOPLE THINK BECAUSE BUHARI SAID HE'S FIGHTING CORRUPTION, THEN IT MEANS HE STARTED ON A CLEAN SLATE... IT'S SAME PUBLIC OFFICIALS SOME OF US ON HERE MAMA AND PAPA IN SAME GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATIONS WHO ARE THE TAKERS AND RECEIVERS OF THIS BRIBES... POLICE TAKE BRIBES, JUDGES TAKE BRIBES, EVEN ME I WILL TAKE BRIBES IF I AM OFFERED... WHAT DO YOU EXPECT BUHARI TO DO? GO INTO EVERY OFFICES AND LOOK FOR BRIBE TAKERS AND GIVERS? IT'S A PITY MANY OF US HAVE BRAINS BUT NEED MANUALS TO USE THEM... IT'S PATHETIC TO SAY THE LEAST...
Posted: at 17-08-2017 10:11 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Zaki68 at 17-08-2017 10:14 AM (6 years ago)
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Quote from: Haso112 on 17-08-2017 10:03 AM
READ...!!! IF YOU INDEED READ THE ARTICLE, YOU'D UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE POINTING AT....!!! GOSH... I AM NOT SUPPORTING BUHARI OR THIS GOVT. OR ANY SHIT LIKE THAT.... KAYCLEE OR WHATEVER THAT GIRLS NAME IS, TOOK A STORY FROM VANGUARD AND DECIDED TO PUT BUHARI'S NAME IN IT, MEANWHILE THE ESSENCE OF THE STORY WAS TO POINT OUT THE LEVEL OF ''BRIBERY & CORRUPTION'' IN NIGERIA AS A WHOLE WHICH HAS NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH BUHARI... YOU GUYS NEED TO OPEN YOUR MINDS AND STOP BEING OBJECTIVE.... BRIBERY & CORRUPTION IS NOT ONLY NIGERIA'S PROBLEM BUT THE WHOLE OF ''AFRICA''...

I THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE SMART, YOU ALLOW SOME OF THIS POSTERS MAKE US FIGHT EACH OTHER AND SAY THINGS WE SHOULDN'T BECAUSE OF LAZY HEADLINES...! TOO BAD.
MY FRIEND LEAVE FREETHINKER AND MOST IGBOS IN THIS FORUM THEY HATE THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AROUND THEM IMAGINE PEOPLE SWIMMING IN AN OCEAN WANTS TO GO AND SWIM IN A POOL, IMAGINE PEOPLE CALLING THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS WILL GO INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD AND START KILLING EACH OTHER I REPEAT THEY HATE THEMSELVES AND PEOPLE AROUND THEM.
Posted: at 17-08-2017 10:14 AM (6 years ago) | Upcoming
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- Haso112 at 17-08-2017 10:15 AM (6 years ago)
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Nigeria police, judges highest bribe-takers, says UN agency......

https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria-police-judges-highest-bribe-takers-says-un-agency/

So tell me, how does this concern BUHARI?
Posted: at 17-08-2017 10:15 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Haso112 at 17-08-2017 10:19 AM (6 years ago)
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Quote from: Zaki68 on 17-08-2017 10:14 AM
MY FRIEND LEAVE FREETHINKER AND MOST IGBOS IN THIS FORUM THEY HATE THEMSELVES AND OTHERS AROUND THEM IMAGINE PEOPLE SWIMMING IN AN OCEAN WANTS TO GO AND SWIM IN A POOL, IMAGINE PEOPLE CALLING THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS WILL GO INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD AND START KILLING EACH OTHER I REPEAT THEY HATE THEMSELVES AND PEOPLE AROUND THEM.

I'M NOT EVEN ABOUT THE TRIBAL BIGOTRY STUFF TODAY... SURE WE ALL KNOW NAIJA IS IN A BIG MESS AND WE CAN'T ALL SAY WE DIDN'T SEE IT COMING, AFTER ALL, WE WERE TOLD BY THE PAST ADMINISTRATION ABOUT THIS RECESSION BEFORE APC CAME INTO POWER, JUST THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE SELECTIVE MEMORIES... NOW MY POINT HERE IS, THIS ARTICLE HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH BUHARI BUT NIGERIA AND BRIBERY AS A WHOLE... AND IN ''THE GUARDIAN'' IT WAS CLEARLY NOTED THAT THE NIGERIA POLICE & JUDGES ARE THE HIGHEST RECEIVERS OF BRIBE IN NIGERIA... I NOW WONDER HOW THAT CONCERNS BUHARI.....
Posted: at 17-08-2017 10:19 AM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Deltaboy1 at 17-08-2017 10:51 AM (6 years ago)
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Quote from: pricklong on 17-08-2017 09:29 AM
NIGERIA MONEY IS FINISHED HAUSA HAS KILLED NIGERIA
I concur
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- james987 at 17-08-2017 04:12 PM (6 years ago)
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Well buhari led administration has gulped over 20trillion.. More to be gulped before 2019.
Posted: at 17-08-2017 04:12 PM (6 years ago) | Hero
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- ruthie at 17-08-2017 04:56 PM (6 years ago)
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Quote from: Haso112 on 17-08-2017 10:11 AM
YOU KNOW... IT BAFFLES ME HOW SOME PEOPLE THINK BECAUSE BUHARI SAID HE'S FIGHTING CORRUPTION, THEN IT MEANS HE STARTED ON A CLEAN SLATE... IT'S SAME PUBLIC OFFICIALS SOME OF US ON HERE MAMA AND PAPA IN SAME GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATIONS WHO ARE THE TAKERS AND RECEIVERS OF THIS BRIBES... POLICE TAKE BRIBES, JUDGES TAKE BRIBES, EVEN ME I WILL TAKE BRIBES IF I AM OFFERED... WHAT DO YOU EXPECT BUHARI TO DO? GO INTO EVERY OFFICES AND LOOK FOR BRIBE TAKERS AND GIVERS? IT'S A PITY MANY OF US HAVE BRAINS BUT NEED MANUALS TO USE THEM... IT'S PATHETIC TO SAY THE LEAST...
  I AGREE WITH YOU, LIKE U SAID PEOPLE DONT READ...JUST READ THE HEADLINE N JUMP INTO CONCLUSION
Posted: at 17-08-2017 04:56 PM (6 years ago) | Hero
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