Over the past 25 years, Nigeria has developed a broad set of anti-corruption frameworks and institutions. Yet corruption remains endemic at multiple levels of society, a reality that has corroded public trust in government, stunted economic growth, and weakened Nigeria’s external standing. Corruption’s resilience – despite the raft of legislation and government bodies created over the last quarter-century – continues to underscore the limitations of top-down policy and legislative responses.
Effective strategies require an understanding of the social drivers and enablers of corrupt practices, as well as the environments in which they occur. Over the last decade an increasing appetite for behavioural change approaches to anti-corruption has emerged in Nigeria, on which the Chatham House Africa Programme’s Social Norms and Accountable Governance (SNAG) project has built a body of evidence and analysis since 2016. But work remains to maximise implementation and integration within wider anti-corruption frameworks.
This conference takes stock of progress in Nigeria’s corruption landscape across the last 25 years and explores opportunities for a sustained renewal of the anti-corruption agenda. It launches a new Chatham House research paper, part of the SNAG project, that makes a case for a networked approach to anti-corruption at multiple levels, from civil society and private sector through to government.
This event will take place in Abuja, Nigeria, and will run from 09.00 - 13.30 WAT / 08.00 - 12.30 GMT.
This conference and the work of Chatham House’s SNAG project are supported by the MacArthur Foundation.
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