The document analyzes the 2014 appropriation act for Nigeria's four main anti-corruption agencies: EFCC, ICPC, CCB, and CCT. It finds that while the agencies' budgets have increased over time, they remain underfunded compared to other government bodies and unable to properly investigate and prosecute corruption cases. The allocations are also skewed towards administrative costs rather than the agencies' core mandates. The document concludes that without significantly increased and priority funding from the government, the agencies will continue to lack the resources and political support needed to meaningfully address Nigeria's corruption problem.

1. Anticorruption Agencies:
Analysis of 2014 Appropriation Act
Hussaini Abdu
Esther Agbon

2. Introduction
• The Anticorruption agencies (ACAs) were set up
in the last two decades
• Due to endemic corruption in the country
• Agencies include:
- The EFCC
- ICPC
- CCB/CCT

3. Introduction
• The agencies are largely perceived to be weak
• Their performance is often questioned by
citizens
• Since 2009 there has been a surge in various
financial scams and scandals especially among
senior government officials/politicians
• Most of those accused have not only gone
unpunished but they have also remained in
government

4. Introduction
• This is so despite the investments by Government and
international development partners
• Alarming cases of corruption have been linked to lack of
political will by government to deal with the challenge
• Consequently the corruption perception index continues
to nose dive
• Nigeria ranks 144th
on the corruption index out of 177
countries surveyed

5. Introduction
• The ACAs are not autonomous
• They depend on government for funding
• They sometimes lack the political will to
investigate public officials percieved to be
powerful
• ACAs are amongst poorly funded agencies
• Some of the ACAs have admitted to lack of
tools, equipment and expertise to tackle the
problem

6. Objective of Analysis
• To determine government’s commitment to
fighting corruption
• To show how well government is ready to
empower anticorruption agencies to discharge
their statutory functions without resource
constraints
• To highlight the funding pattern of ACAs in the
last three years

7. 2014 Proposal Vs Act
Proposal Recurrent Capital Total
ICPC 4,542,989,874 132,897,643 4,675,887,517
EFCC 8,838,694,493 1,406,674,677 10,245,369,170
CCB 1,856.158,560 1,006,147,091 2,862,305,651
CCT 460,229,424 52,440,642 512,670066
Act Recurrent Capital Total
ICPC 4,542,989,874 132,897,643 4,675,887,517
EFCC 8,838,694,493 3,406,474,677 12,245,169,170
CCB 1,856,158.560 1,006,147,091 2,862,305,651
CCT 460,229,424 252,440,642 712,670,066
Total
ACAs
20,496,232,404

8. EFCC
- Established by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) act in 2004
- EFCC’s mandate is to prevent, investigate,
prosecute and penalise economic and financial
crimes.
- to enforce the provision of laws and
regulations relating to economic and financial
crimes

9. Funding trend analysis 2011 -2014

10. EFCC
In 2009 EFCC budget
was N20bn
5 years later the
budget reduced by a
little less than half –
N12bn
Sadly only N177m is
voted for security
operations,N128m for
publicity in 2014
The bulk of capital ?

11. Pattern of allocation within the ACAs

12. Budgeted Vs Actual

13. ICPC
• The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission
was established in 2000 by an act
- to receive, investigate reports and prosecute
offenders
- examine, review and enforce the correction of
corruption prone systems and procedures of
public bodies
- educate and enlighten the public on and against
corruption related offences

14. Funding trend analysis 2011 -2014

15. ICPC
-Capital budget is
N132m
-N122m is for office
building
-N10m for security
equipment
-N90m for publicity
-N48m for training
-The task of investigation
and prosecution will be
very difficult with this
budget

16. Budgeted Vs Actual

17. CCB&T
• Set up by The Code of Conduct Bureau and
Tribunal (CCB&T) act of 1990
- to establish and maintain a high standard of
public morality in the conduct of government
business
- to ensure that the actions and behaviour of public
officers conform to the highest standards of
public morality and accountability.

18. Funding trend 2011 -2014

19. CCB
-Reports from CCB admit
inadequate funds to
execute mandate
-Lack capacity and
resources to verify
declarations made by
public officers
-Votes N120m for public
enlightenment,N70m for
capturing of asset
declaration forms
--N230m monitoring
across 36 states

20. Pattern of allocation within the ACAs

21. Budgeted vs Actual

22. Funding trend 2011 -2014

23. Pattern of allocation within the ACAs

24. Pattern of allocation within the ACAs

25. Comparing Allocations
• The ACAs budget put together is less than half
of what the National Assembly, Ministry of Niger
Delta or Amnesty program get annually

26. Comparing Allocations

27. Capital Allocations for ACAs Vs select FCT capital projects
Except for
EFCC,
Projects of
some
agencies
fare better
than the
capital
budgets of
ACAs

28. Conclusion
• ACAs budget mainly service
salaries and overheads
• The present allocations cannot
tackle the magnitude of
corruption in the country
• ACAs are dependent on bilateral
and development partners
contributions to support its
programmes
• ACAs pattern of budget allocation
are traditionally skewed like that
of other MDAs
• The actual releases show
governments poor commitment
towards the fight against
corruption
• The government should allocate
more funds to ACAs if it really
wants to address the problem of
corruption

29. Recommendations
• Government should prioritize
ACA funding and make
intervention funds available to
support them
• Government should fund ACAs
adequately
• ACAs should desist from
traditional administrative
allocations that do not contribute
meaningfully to their mandate
• ACAs should demonstrate to the
public their commitment to
fighting corruption by
investigating and prosecuting
sensational cases
• ACAs must develop efficient
absorptive capacity for funds
utilization by building adequate
capacity in that respect
• Government must play the lead
role and show political will to
fight corruption