State Capacity and The Curtailment of Corrupt Practices by Mobile Telecommunication Company in Nigeria

Abstract

The paper examined the Nigerian State’s capacity to tackle the menace of corrupt practices by the Mobile Telecommunication company in Nigeria. The survey research design was adopted.  Questionnaire and  unstructured interview were the primary sources of data while the MTNN subscribers with a population of 228,902  as well as twenty (20) interviewees drawn from the officials of Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), constituted the population of the study. The sample size of 400 was arrived at using the Taro Yamani formula. The mean score analysis of the quantitative data obtained from the questionnaire was done thematically. This was combined with desk analysis of qualitative data obtained from in-depth interview.  It was found out that the State has the capacity to curtail the corrupt practices of the MTNN but relevant government agencies had not successfully addressed the corrupt practices of multinational telecommunication companies. It was recommended that the personnel of the State agencies should demonstrate the necessary patriotism and loyalty needed to accomplish the tasks of curtailing the corrupt practices of the MTNN to the benefit of the citizens as well as the State.

Keywords: State capacity, corrupt practices, MTNN, telecommunication

DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/14-3-05

Publication date: April 30^th 2024