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The Failure of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (establishment etc.) Act 2004 as a Development Act

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  • Ibe-Ojiludu Somadina

    (School of Law, SOAS University of London, LondonWC1H 0XG, UK)

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This write-up answered the question of why the 2004 Act which set up Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has failed to tame corruption in Nigeria. Reflecting on the numerous cases of political interference in the activities of the EFCC, the lack of some adequate funding of the activities of the commission and the EFCC’s plea bargaining regime, and relying on the thoughts of Charles Sherman and Ann Seidman and Robert Seidman, the write-up submits that the 2004 Act has principally failed to check corruption – and by extension has failed as a development Act – because it was not drafted and implemented for development.

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  • Ibe-Ojiludu Somadina, 2018. "The Failure of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (establishment etc.) Act 2004 as a Development Act," The Law and Development Review, De Gruyter, vol. 11(1), pages 127-171, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:lawdev:v:11:y:2018:i:1:p:127-171:n:2
    DOI: 10.1515/ldr-2017-0034
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    1. Ogbewere Bankole Ijewereme, 2015. "Anatomy of Corruption in the Nigerian Public Sector," SAGE Open, , vol. 5(2), pages 21582440155, May.
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