TITLE PAGE

CERTIFICATION

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter ONE

1.1     INTRODUCTION

1.2     STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

1.3     THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1.4     THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1.5     STATATEMENT OF RESEARCH HYPOTHESES

1.6     THE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

1.7     THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

1.8     THE SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

1.9     THE DEFINITION OF BASIC TERMS

l.10   THE ORGANISATION OF THE STUDY

Chapter TWO

2.1     INTRODUCTION

2.2     DEFINITION AND CONCEPT OF.CORRUPTION

2.3     CORRJPTION AND DEVELOPMENT: A REVIEW OF LITERATURE

2.4     CORRUPTION AND ITS IMPACT ON NIGERIAN ECONOMY

2.5     CONDITIONS FAVOURING CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

Chapter THREE

3.1     INTRCDUCTION

3.2     CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

3.3     THE STRUCTURE OF CONTROLLING CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

3.4     ROLES OF CORRUPTION FIGHTING AGENCIES IN NIGERIA

3.4.1′   ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION (EFCC)

3.4.2 NIGEHIA FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT (NFIU)

3.4.3 INDEPENDENT CORRUPT PRACTICES AND OTHER RELATED

OFFENCES COMMISSION

3.5     FAILURE OF CORRUPTION FIGHTING AGENCIES /COMMISSION

Chapter FOUR

4.1   METHODOLOGY

4.2     METHODS OF ESTIMATION OF ANALYSIS

4.3     MODEL SPECIFICATION

4.3.1 ECONOMETRIC MODEL SPECIFICATION

4.3.2 A PRIORI EXPECTATION

4.3.3. SPECIFICATION BIAS

4.3.4 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

4.4     SPECIFICATION OF DATA

4.5     EMPIRICAL RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION

Chapter FIVE

5.1     SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

5.2     RECOMMENDATIONS

5.3     CONCLUSION

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