The survey implementation partner, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), developed and recently updated its National Integrated Survey of Households (NISH) frame covering all 36 federal states in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja, with 200 Enumeration Areas (EAs) per state and in FCT Abuja. This NISH master sample frame was constructed out of the original master frame of the National Population Commission (NPC) for the Housing and Population Census of 2006, which established 23,280 EAs (30 EAs for each of Nigeria’s 768 local government areas (LGAs) and 40 EAs for each of Abuja FCT’s 6 Area Councils). The 200 EAs that make up the NISH frame are grouped into 20 independent replicates with 10 EAs in each replicate.
The Chatham House Africa Programme’s Local Understandings, Expectations and Experiences survey of 2018 drew the sample for its survey from the NISH frame of 200 EAs. The survey involved a total number of 5,600 households across urban and rural areas in Abuja FCT and in six of Nigeria’s 36 federal states: Adamawa, Benue, Enugu, Lagos, Rivers, Sokoto and Abuja. Implementation was carried out through a test-run phase and pilot before the full roll-out from November to December 2018.
The demographic dynamics found in the six case studies offer insights into local specificities as well as the generalizability of insights into the role of religion in evaluating corruption in Nigeria.
The demographic dynamics found in the six case studies offer insights into local specificities as well as the generalizability of insights into the role of religion in evaluating corruption in Nigeria. Lagos state and the FCT are the most ethnically and religiously diverse locations covered in the survey. Lagos is Nigeria’s and West Africa’s major commercial centre and the headquarters for many of Nigeria’s biggest Pentecostal and Charismatic churches. Lagos has an equally large Muslim population to that of the FCT, and is home to several influential Islamic organizations. Abuja is Nigeria’s seat of government and centre of political power and government-resourced patronage networks. The FCT also has some of the country’s wealthiest churches and mosques. Sokoto state is the seat of the sultanate of Sokoto; the Sultan of Sokoto serves as the supreme spiritual leader of Muslims in Nigeria and the grand Sheik of the Qadiriyya Sufi order in the country. Sokoto has a predominantly Muslim population, while Adamawa’s is relatively mixed. Benue, Enugu and Rivers are predominantly Christian with a mix of Catholic, Anglican, evangelical Pentecostal and Charismatic churches. It should be noted that although Rivers is one of Nigeria’s richest oil-producing states, its population suffers low development outcomes in the politically contested Niger Delta region.
