At least N87 million bribes were paid to Nigerian public and private officials in 2023.
Data from the National Bureau of Statistics indicates that of all Nigerian citizens who had at least one contact with a public official in the 12 months prior to the 2023 survey, 27 per cent paid a bribe to a public official.
According to the Bureau, Nigerians’ confidence in the government’s anti-corruption effort has been declining over time and across regions.
“While in 2019, more than half of all citizens thought that the government was effective in fighting corruption, in 2023, the share declined to less than a third of all citizens.
“The downward trend in the citizens’ confidence is observable across the entire country, with all six zones recording reductions of more than 10 percentage points between 2019 and 2023 in terms of the share of citizens who thought the government was effective in fighting corruption,” it stated. (Leadership)