Anti-Corruption Campaign and Sustainable Development in Nigeria: an Appraisal of Muhammad Buhari's Administration, 2015-2023

Student: Hillary EMEKA MONUA (Project, 2025)
Department of Public Administration
Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State

Abstract

Ordinarily, the claim that the Muhammadu Buhari-led Administration of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is synonymous with anti-corruption is not out of place. This stems from the fact that even during the electioneering campaign period, anti-corruption was his major campaign slogan, and it has continued since his eventual assumption of office on 29th May 2015. The task of this study is to find out how far this administration has gone in achieving its pet project or otherwise. Against this backdrop, two research questions served as a directional guide: Are there more credible and observable effects in the fight against corruption? Does the regime maintain zero tolerance for corruption? The study employed extractive corruption theory while the case study method was used. The data were generated through secondary sources, and a qualitative method of data analysis was employed. Conclusively, this study accepts that there are more credible and observable effects in the fight against corruption and reveals that the regime did not maintain zero tolerance for corruption. The study therefore recommends improved coordination and cooperation among state institutions involved in the fight against corruption, and that the regime should be non-partisan in its fight against corruption.

Keywords
corruption against fight regime administration anti-corruption campaign credible observable effects
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