PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF ZAMFARA STATE CIVIL SERVICE

Abstract

Corruption is both a major causation of and a result of poverty around the world especially in the third world countries. It occurs at all levels of societies, judiciary functions, civil service commission, large and small business, military and other serv ices. Corruption affects the poorest the most, whether in rich or poor nations. In Nigeria, the issue of corruption is seriously troubling and damaging. It has dome damage not only to the Nigeria civil service, but also to the general socio - political and economic existence of the society. Recently, Nigeria was ranked as the 35 th most corrupt nation in the world by Transparency International (TI), published in Leadership newspaper on 6/12/2012 no. 1858. Thus corruption in Nigeria civil s ervice leads to slow movement of file in offices, taking bribe by top civil servants, ghost workers syndrome and lots of other pitfalls. Victor (2002) argues “even the mad people on the streets recognized the havoc caused by corruption, the funds allocated for their welfare disappears into thin air”. If this is the case, what is more of civil servant?