Aerial view of Lagos island and Lagos harbour, Nigeria, on 17 March 2016. Photo: Getty Images.
Acknowledgments
This report is the outcome of a project exploring whether social norms of corruption exist in Nigeria. The Africa Programme at Chatham House worked closely with two partner organizations: the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Social Norms Group (PennSONG); and Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Seven academic networks, statistical partners and NGOs together determined the key questions for the survey and the implementation of the survey across Nigeria. These teams were led by Professor Elizabeth Adebayo (Adamawa), Dr Euginia Member George-Genyi (Benue), Dr Anthony Ajah (Enugu), Rakiya Mohammed (FCT Abuja), Dr Kemi Ogunyemi (Lagos), Dr Tubodenyefa Zibima (Rivers) and Professor Tukur Baba (Sokoto).
The study drew particularly on the expertise and involvement of Cristina Bicchieri, SJP Harvie Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania; Thomas Noah, a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania and member of PennSONG; and Annalisa Marini and Erik Thulin, also members of PennSONG.
The authors are very grateful to the many interlocutors who engaged with them during the research, and who shared insightful perspectives for this report.
The authors would also like to thank Elizabeth Donnelly, deputy head of the Africa Programme at Chatham House, for providing research guidance and editorial input; Daragh Neville, Africa Programme projects officer, for logistical support and research assistance; Tighisti Amare, Africa Programme manager, for logistical support and field management; and Paul Melly, associate fellow of the Africa Programme, for editing the executive summary.
Special thanks are due to Nicolas Bouchet and Jo Maher for their skilful editing of the report, and to Autumn Forecast of Soapbox for typesetting and design work.
Chatham House would like to thank DFID Nigeria (UK Department for International Development) for its generous financial support for this project.