Why corruption is killing Nigeria

Of the myriad of problems Nigeria faces, corruption is the biggest. And corruption is the cause of our backwardness, insecurity and underdevelopment. The collapse of the 21-storey  Ikoyi skyscraper was caused by corruption. Sadly, many of the solutions devised to move Nigeria forward are based on lamentation rather than sober reflection and normative analysis. And perhaps the solutions offered have not worked because the challenges themselves have been misdiagnosed.
 
However, we have existing data on responses given by Nigerians on these issues. Since 2017, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in collaboration with the United Nations Office, has been conducting the Corruption in Nigeria Survey. So far, two editions of the survey have been released, the first in 2017 and the second in 2019. The surveys are based on responses of more than 33,000 Nigerians aged 18 and over across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The survey is about corruption as manifested by bribery; the data contain a section named: Perceptions of Corruption and other concerns. The section measures the perceptions of Nigerians on corruption relative to a myriad of other problems.