Mitigating Corruption in the Nigerian Public Service Via Sufficient Financial Remuneration: A Conceptual Review

Abstract

Corruption undermines the efficiency and effectiveness of public institutions, as the pursuit of immediate individual benefits distorts public decision-making processes. In order to salvage the Nigerian Public service from the dangers of the act, the paper x-rays sufficient financial remuneration as an antidote. As a qualitative study, the work used explanatory and discussion methods drawn from earlier researches. The paper identified poor remuneration as being responsible for corruption which severely undermines the state right and promote lack of effective and efficient public services delivery. It concludes that there is an inverse relationship between remuneration and corruption in the Nigerian Public service. In order to mitigate corruption and looting in the public service space, paper recommended among others that: public servants should be adequately remunerated so that they would avoid temptations of the social vice, Government should carry out enlightenment on discouraging excessive materialism and the culture of get rich quick", by Public servants; and Government should address the root causes of corruption and ensure effective implementation of the legal mechanisms already in place.