Chop Fine*

The Human Rights Impact of Local Government Corruption and Mismanagement in Rivers State, Nigeria

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Summary

Recommendations

Methodology

Background and Context: Oil, Poverty and Governance in Nigeria

State and Local Government in Nigeria

Oil and Governance

The Niger Delta: A Rising Tide of Discontent

Local Government Corruption and Mismanagement in Rivers State: An Overview

A Vast Increase in Financial Resources

The Dynamics and Mechanics of Corruption and Mismanagement

Case Study A: Opobo/Nkoro Local Government

Impact of Local Government Corruption and Mismanagement on Primary Education and Primary Health Care in Rivers State

Health Care

Primary Education

Case Study B: Khana Local Government

Case Study C: Etche Local Government

Roots of Local-Level Corruption in Rivers State

The Rivers State Government: “Leading By Example”

Centralization of Power and Accountability

Access to Information about Government Spending

Oversight of Local Government Conduct

Violence and Corruption

Nigeria’s Obligations under International Law

The Rights to Health and Education

Right of Access to Official Information

Nigerian Government Efforts to Fight Corruption

Improvements in Transparency

The “War on Corruption”

Failures and Backward Steps

Civilian Rule without Accountability

International Efforts to Promote Transparency and Fight Corruption

The Role of Multinational Oil Companies

Acknowledgements

January 2007 Volume 19, No. 2(A)

* In Nigerian slang, to “chop” literally means to eat, but the word is also commonly used to describe the practice of embezzling government money (to “chop money”). “Chop fine” means “eat well.”