STRATEGIES TO CURB CORRUPTION AND PROBLEMS OF INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: A TECHNOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT

Abstract

Nigeria is ranked second ‘most corrupt’ Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) country on Transparency International (TI) corruption index and 146 on Global Corruption Index in 2019. Effective adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has significant importance in curbing corruption, and has increasingly been advocated as a solution to deal with corruption and insecurity problems. However, effective adoption of ICT has remained crippled due to poor ICT policies and practices, poor data governance, e-governance and ignorance. ICT innovations that may effectively mediate corruption are further hindered by high illiteracy rate among Nigerians, given at 40.33%. The purpose of this study was to identify strategies for ICT adoption and usage for dealing effectively with corruption and insecurity problems. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was adopted as the study conceptual framework. In this study, the authors explored a narrative review, analysis, and synthesis of prior research that revealed significant information on how effective ICT adoption and usage can curb corruption and insecurity problems. Peer-reviewed articles within the last five years were extracted from electronic databases. Results revealed that strict adherence to ICT policies and adoption coupled with good formulation and communication of same, are the major impact for curbing corruption and insecurity problems.The result from this study may increase understanding, minimize corrupt practices and encourage trust in ICT adoption, acceptance and sustainability that can positively curb corruption and insecurity problems in Nigeria.