An Examination of the Best Practices on the Independence of the Anti-Corruption Agencies in Hong Kong and Singapore: Lessons for Nigeria

Abstract

Anti-Corruption Agencies are great weapons in the fight against corruption. However in some countries, Anti-corruption agencies perform below expectation and as such leave much to be desired while in some other countries they perform with credible results. This paper looks at the Anti-Corruption Agencies in Honk-Kong and Singapore to discuss some of the practices that contributed to their success having drawn the yard stick set by The South African Constitutional Court on the Independence of Anti-corruption agencies. The paper then looks at the Nigerian experiences and uncovers the major drawbacks of its Anti-Corruption Agencies and what lessons Nigeria learn from.