Vol. 2 No. 1 (2025): MAAUN International Multi-Disciplinary Journal of Research and Innovations (MIMJRI)
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Corruption and Embezzlement of Public Funds in Nigeria. A Review.

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  • Jibril Shehu Mustapha,
  • Mahmud Mukhtar Sa'idu,
  • Lawan Malami Goni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59479/jiaheri.v2i1.119
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Published 03/26/2025

Keywords

  • accountability,
  • corruption,
  • governance,
  • EFCC,
  • ICPC,
  • Public Sector
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Mustapha, J. S., Sa'idu, M. M., & Goni, L. M. (2025). Corruption and Embezzlement of Public Funds in Nigeria. A Review. Journal of Institute of Africa Higher Education Research and Innovation (IAHERI), 2(1), 93–111. https://doi.org/10.59479/jiaheri.v2i1.119

Abstract

Corruption is thought to be Nigeria’s bane. It has done a lot of harm to the entire society. The corruption epidemic includes extortion, nepotism, election fraud, and favoritism, money laundering, slow filing of documents in offices, ghost workers syndrome, the art of advance fee fraud (419), and the like. The destruction engendered by corruption is still ongoing, everywhere, and will not go away. Nigeria has reached a pandemic stage; the leaders as well as their supporters are corrupt and have defied all the necessary "medicines." One wonders if there will be any oversight of corruption in Nigeria. Therefore, it is imperative to look back at this phenomenon in our society and to devise a holistic strategy for implementing changes for its effective control.

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