Corruption in the Nigeria Judicial System: An Overview.
Allegations of corruption in the judiciary had been swirling as far back as 2005 and even before then. At that time, the then Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais, warned light.
An effective judiciary guarantees fairness in legal processes. It’s a powerful weapon against corruption. But people’s experiences in court are often far from fair. In some countries, most people in contact with the courts face demands for bribes. Their payments total staggering amounts. Court efficiency is crucial. A backlog of cases creates opportunities for demanding bribes to fast.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said ongoing fight against corruption in Nigeria could be effectively tackled with the strong support of the judiciary.
From the inception of democratic dispensation in Nigeria, successive governments have taken steps to fight bribery and corruption, including signing of treaties and the promulgation of various anti-bribery and corruption statutes. According to the World Bank Brief, Nigeria is the first African country to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), and one of the initial.
Nigeria with its rather unfair share of the canker worm has as its greatest threat the endemic and malignant nature of corruption. You bribe to get your child into a school, you pay to secure a job and you also continue to pay in some cases to retain it. corruption indeed is a bane of any nation.
Corruption in Nigeria. DISCUSSION PAPER Anti-Corruption was the declared number one policy aim of the Olusegun Obasanjo administration.The success of this policy was, however, for various reasons not too impressive. Obasanjo's successor, President Umaru Yar'Adua came to power promising to reform and continue the anti-corruption policy.But while the anti-graft agencies continued to arrest and.
Systemic petty corruption or bribery in the judicial system is a problem in many developing countries as well as in more developed economies. A 2006 survey asked people who had been in contact with the judiciary over the past year, whether they had paid a bribe. One in ten reported this Courts, corruption and judicial independence 69.