95% of Nigerians indulge in bribery – NBS
The estimated value of bribe paid to public officials by Nigerians in a year is N400 billion.
Bassey Udo is PREMIUM TIMES' Business & Economy Editor. He has covered finance, energy, oil, gas & extractive industries for over a decade. He is a winner of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Journalism, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation (Wealth of Nations) Award for Business Reporting. Bassey is an alumnus of the U.S. International Visitors Leadership Programme. Twitter: @ba_udo
The estimated value of bribe paid to public officials by Nigerians in a year is N400 billion.
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