CORRUPTION IN THE NIGERIAN CIVIL/PUBLIC SERVICE: CAUSES, FORMS, EXTENT, TRENDS AND MITIGATION MECHANISMS
This study reviewed and discussed corruption in the civil /public service of Nigeria: causes, forms, extent, trends, and mitigation mechanisms.. Consequently, literature on the subject matter were assembled from journals, conference papers, magazines, official documents, bulletins etc they were then collated reviewed, and discussed, Corruption was identified as one of the causes of the inefficient and under productive civil service in Nigeria, corruption is said to have eaten very deep into the fabrics of the Nigerian society. It takes place in the low, high, and top echelons of the civil service Corruption was also viewed as a hydra headed problem, that could bring the country on its kneels if there is no urgent drastic intervention. The review concluded by stressing the fact that corruption is the main cause of the inefficient and under-productive civil service in Nigeria. The need to fight corruption head on to save the Nigerian civil service and Nigeria as a whole . value reorientation , revival, and strengthening of moral education in schools , the need for leaders at all levels to show good example, reorganizing and strengthening of anti-graft agencies as well as a comprehensive civil service reform focused on corruption eradication were put forward as recommendations
Keywords: Corruption, Civil Service, Public Service, Nigeria, Trends, Mitigation Strategies
