An
overwhelming percentage of Nigerians will accept a bribe when offered or pay a
bribe when demanded the Nigerian Corruption Survey 2017 published by the
National Bureau for Statistics (NBS) has revealed.
The survey published on Wednesday showed that
only 5.3 per cent of Nigerians will either refuse to pay a bribe when asked to
or refuse to accept when a bribe is offered to them.
The Nigerian Corruption Survey, which revealed
how different forms of corruption affect daily life of the average Nigerian
citizen is being published for the first time.
In May 2016, the NBS announced that it was
collaborating with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the
European Union to conduct a survey on the quality and integrity of public
services in Nigeria and the impact of corruption on daily life in Nigeria.
According to the NBS, other objectives of the
survey would include “direct experiences of corruption events as victims by
citizens, opinion and perception of citizens about recent trends, patterns and
policies on corruption, experience of reporting corruption and other crimes to
public authorities and access to justice”.
The result of the survey which has now been
published, revealed only 20 out of 100 people who were to pay bribe refused to
comply. It also showed that majority of Nigerians (56 per cent) experience
negative consequences after refusing to pay a requested bribe. However, only
3.7 percent of those who who were asked to pay bribes reported their experience
to an official authority.
Interestingly, only a small percentage (9.1
percent) of those who reported to an official authority faced negative
consequence for reporting a bribery incident.
The survey revealed that mainly pay bribes to
either speed up procedure, receive preferential treatments avoid the
cancellation of public utilities.
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