ASSESSMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF CODE OF CONDUCT BUREAU IN NIGERIA: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

Abstract

This study assessed the performance of Code of Conduct Bureau in Nigeria on assets declaration  by all public servants at the beginning of joining the service, after every four years and after  leaving the service. Over the years, monitored, verification and investigation on the compliance  with this requirement is became challenging and it has affected the performance of government  officials. Documentary research design was adopted, secondary source of data collection and  meta-analysis were used by relying on Code of Conduct Bureau annual evaluation reports and  other related literatures. The Absolutist Ethics Theory served as a theoretical framework for the  study. The study revealed that Code of Conduct Bureau has faced challenges of understaffing of  professional personnel, deficiency of use of modern technology, insincerity of public servants and  poor commitment from government resulted to inability for the Bureau to monitor, investigate,  verify and enforce compliance. The study recommended that the Code of Conduct Bureau should  recruit the required professionals, used modern technology for verification and investigation of  assets declared, and government should display commitment and promotes sincerity of public  servants for the Bureau to meet up with the complex task of public servant assets declaration in  Nigeria.