Effect of Bureaucratic Corruption on Edo State: a Study of Selected Ministries
Philomena I. Urhoghide & Raphael Emuakpeje
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Nigeria
Email: phil.urhoghide@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The study examined the effect of bureaucratic corruption using selected ministries in Edo State as a case study. Staff used in this study was randomly selected from three ministries from Edo State. The study involved three hundred members of staff of given ministries. The questionnaire on effect of bureaucratic corruption was used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentage and chi square (x2). Findings revealed the following: for hypothesis one, there was no
relationship between contemporary Edo State bureaucracy and modernization since the calculated x2 is less than the critical x2 at 2% sampling error. With respect to hypothesis two, there was no relationship between political corruption and bureaucratic corruption in Edo State bureaucracy, since calculated x2 is less than critical x2 at 1% sampling error. The third hypothesis revealed that there was no relationship between modernization and corruption in Edo State bureaucracy since calculated
x2 is less than the critical x2 at 5% sampling error. On the basis of these findings, it was recommended that government should improve on policies guiding the management of bureaucratic corruption.
