Bribery in Nigeria tackled globally, but not at home
Companies caught bribing in nigeria have paid billions in fines, but not in Nigeria. A nigerian NGO tries to find out why - One of the reasons why there are so many foreign bribery cases going on related to Nigeria, is basically that corruption in Nigeria is deeply entrenched in almost every area of the public sector.
Nigeria has seen a large number of cases and investigations in multiple jurisdictions involving foreign bribery allegations, from oil and gas extraction and phone contracts to gifts of cars to officials. The resulting settlements have involved more than US$ 1.7 billion in fines. See the back of last year's report on anti-bribery enforcement for more.
SERAP has received a reply from the Minister as to the reasons why it has not been possible to prosecute the multinational companies which gave bribes in Nigeria. The government of Nigeria, says it has signed a agreement with some of the multinational companies not to prosecute.
Invariably, this has ruled out Nigeria's right to prosecute the affected multinational companies. Some of the other multi-national companies have been prosecuted and the cases are pending in court. The next step for SERAP will be to challenge the legality of the non-prosecution agreement vis-Ã -vis our laws against corruption and to seek a judicial review of this decision.
There is still a clear lack of accountability and transparency and a commitment to these principles in government. Anti-corruption organisations in Nigeria, such as SERAP are making a difference by calling on government officials at the highest level to be accountable and transparent in their public duties.
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