SERAP to Launch Report on Nigeria’s Corruption Assessment Performance Survey Today

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), will today, March 26, launch a report titled: ‘Nigeria’s Corruption Assessment Performance Survey’.

The Report, according to SERAP, which will be launched at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, reveals important information and statistics about the current state of corruption across several sectors of governance in Nigeria.

“The report is the outcome of a national survey and research, which started in September 2018. It is a detailed analysis of information and data from questionnaires administered to respondents across the six geopolitical zones of the country, regarding the level of corruption and the performance of anti-corruption programmes in Nigeria.

“The report is also based on a review of Nigerian legislation, international anti-corruption treaties to which Nigeria is a State party, and high-level extensive interviews with government agencies, public officials, anti-corruption agencies, Lawyers, human rights activists, academics, civil society and business leaders.

“The report makes several recommendations to the Federal Government; State governments; National Assembly; State Houses of Assembly; the Judiciary, the Police; anti-corruption agencies; and the international community, among other key stakeholders, on how to address the problem of corruption in Nigeria.

“The ultimate aim, is to use the report’s findings and recommendations to promote transparency and accountability in Nigeria, push for critical reforms in the areas identified, and to encourage citizens’ active participation in the fight against corruption, as well as empower them with the information and tools to hold their leaders to account”, a statement signed by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare stated.

SERAP is a non-profit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy organisation, devoted to promoting transparency, accountability and respect for socio-economic rights in Nigeria.

SERAP received the Wole Soyinka Anti-Corruption Defender Award in 2014. It has also been nominated for the UN Civil Society Award, and Ford Foundation’s Jubilee Transparency Award. SERAP serves as one of two Sub-Saharan African civil society representatives on the Governing Committee of the UNCAC Coalition, a global anti-corruption network.