Policies to prevent corruption in Nigeria: Enforcement of the right to education

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2019

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University of Western Cape

Abstract

This paper investigates how well Nigeria conforms to international best practices on the right to education. The quality of education that is available to Nigerians is affected by inadequate budgetary allocation, which is compounded by mismanagement of scarce resources and generally by corrupt practices. Education at the level of the primary, secondary and tertiary levels suffers on account of corruption, despite government propaganda that the state provides adequate educational opportunities at the three tiers of education. Attempts to prosecute and punish acts of corruption have failed consistently. Nigeria is a signatory to international and regional instruments which have influenced it to enact national anti-corruption legislation.

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Corruption, Nigeria, Right to education, Anti-corruption legislation, Politics

Citation

Olayinka, O. (2019). Policies to prevent corruption in Nigeria: Enforcement of the right to education. Journal of Anti-Corruption Law, 3(1), 36-55.