He said corruption has become so pervasive that Nigerians must embark on a change of attitude, mindset, and behaviour.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offence Commission (ICPC) says there has been a high level of corruption in all sectors, especially in the three arms of government and the private sector, in the last two years.

The provost of the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria, Tunde Babawale, said this at the Nigeria Corruption Index (NCI) Survey validation meeting in Abuja.

Mr Babawale said findings put corruption levels within the legislature, judiciary and executive arms of government and private sector at 42 per cent between 2022 and 2023.

”All the sectors have been found culpable and found to be highly corrupt; the legislature, the judiciary, the executive, all of them have been found to be corrupt.

”Although at the level of the state, the score differs from one state to the other, but the bottom line is that there is an overall score that we found is that over 42 per cent in our own scale is highly corrupt for the entire country,” said Mr Babawale.

He said corruption has become so pervasive that Nigerians must embark on a change of attitude, mindset, and behaviour, “Meaning that people must begin to develop a high intolerance level for corruption as we are now, there is a high level of tolerance for corruption in the country.”

Mr Babawale explained that the validation meeting was for a national survey carried out in 2022 called the Nigerian Corruption Index (NCI).

He said the NCI focused on corruption in high places, especially the three arms of government and the private sector.