IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

IIARD International Journal of Economics and Business Management (IJEBM )

E-ISSN 2489-0065
P-ISSN 2695-186X
VOL. 2 NO. 2 2016

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Poverty and Unemployment and Corruption in Nigerian Public Sector

A. O. Enofe C. L. Oriaifoh P. Omagbon

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Abstract

This study is on the effect of corruption on poverty and unemployment in Nigeria. Secondary sources of data were utilized for the study and were obtained from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and Transparency International (TI), while the data were analyzed using EViews8’s ordinary least square (OLS) regression technique. From the statistical analysis, the study concluded that there is an insignificant positive relationship between corruption, and unemployment and poverty in Nigeria. Consequently, it recommended that for corruption to be reduced to its barest minimum in Nigerian public sector the government must take urgent steps to reduce unemployment and poverty, which may include the creation of industry specific university programmes that will reduce unemployment and poverty, creation of entrepreneurship friendly environment, and the strengthening of the existing anti-corruption laws so as to effectively prosecute corrupt cases.

keywords:

Corruption, Unemployment, Poverty, Public Sector, Nigeria.

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