**6. Anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria**

Following the history, the dynamism and manifestation of corruption in Nigeria, and the understanding that it is long-age phenomenon that requires systematic means to curb it, the government has put in place diverse machineries to achieve this goal. The establishment of certain agencies such as the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Unit (BMPIU) and Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) [6] were meant to curb the problem of corruption in Nigeria.
