A new survey on corruption in Nigeria has revealed that 30 per cent of citizens in the country paid bribes to public officials in 2019.
The report was
presented by the Nigerian Government in partnership with the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Statistician-General,
Dr Yemi Kale, of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that out of all
Nigerian citizens, who had at least one contact with a public official in the
12 months prior to the 2019 survey, 30 per cent paid a bribe to or were asked
to pay a bribe by a public official.
The 2019 survey shows also a notable increase in the overall
proportion of Nigerians, who had at least one contact with a public official in
the 12 months prior to the survey.
Nigeria is ranked one of the world's most corrupt countries in the
world.
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