| dc.description.abstract | The study examined the performance of oversight by the 8th National Assembly anti-corruption committees. Other objectives included evaluated the effect of the institutional and legal frameworks facilitated by the 8th National Assembly in tackling corruption; investigated the deficiencies in the legal and institutional frameworks facilitated by the 8th National Assembly in tackling corruption, and identified the strategies would mitigate the deficiencies in the future.
To address the concerns of the study, a mixed research method was adopted. The sample size of for the survey was 372, while for the qualitative oral interview the sample size was 10 key informants purposively selected. Both primary (questionnaire and interview) and secondary (journal articles, magazines, the internet, and official publications of government agencies, among others) data were also utilized. Descriptive statistics was adopted for the analysis of the questionnaire while content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data. The presentation was done in themes, tables, and charts.
The result of the analysis of field data revealed that during the period under review, the 8th Senate Committee on Anti-corruption and Financial Crimes deployed its oversight tool in several occasions to combat corruption. Hence, it performed its oversight function well. In doing so, the 8th Senate passed several anticorruption legislations and resolutions. Hence, the findings showed that there are legal frameworks facilitated by the 8th National Assembly to tackle corruption in Nigeria. These frameworks include the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Act, etc. The study further found that while institutional frameworks are critical success factors in the fight against corruption, key Informants queried the effectiveness of the legal frameworks in the fight against corruption is following various institutional measurements of Nigeria’s Corruption Perception.
The specific deficiencies of the legal and institutional frameworks include immunity of public officers, insecurity of the anti-graft chairman’s office, lack of special court for the prosecution of corrupt officials, the influence of politically exposed officials, lack of financial autonomy of the anti-graft agencies, and lack of substantive whistleblower legislation, etc. Nevertheless, the study recommended that that improved and independent funding of anti-graft agencies, repeal of the immunity provision in the 1999 constitution, vigorous enlightenment campaign, etcetera, as strategies that will mitigate the challenges confronting the fight against corruption in Nigeria. | en_US |
