“Impact of corruption on effective projects delivery of building projects in Abuja.

Abstract

Corruption is one of the major problems that plagues construction industry in developing countries like Nigeria. Although some previous researchers consider it to be an essential lubricant ‘greasing’ of the wheels but this go against the ethics of the industry. Corruption is evil and damaging because it erodes public morality and wastes scarce but limited national resources. This paper has therefore undertaken to assess the impact of corruption on effect project delivery with a view of enhancing efficient performance of the construction industry. The objectives of this paper is to identify the level of corruption in all the stages of building project and how corruption affect effective project delivery. Primary data was sourced using well structured questionnaire from professionals involved in the execution of building projects considered for this research work. Literature review revealed that corruption is evident in the construction industry which causes a lot of setback to project such as abandonment of such project and if complete may be completed below standard. Data were presented and analyzed using descriptive statistic; tools used were percentile method and relative importance index. It was observed that the building construction industry is perceived to be more susceptible to corruption because of several features and that corruption has effect on all stages of construction right from Pre Tender stage to Completion stage. It was recommended that all public client should make all information available to enable all contractors price efficiently in order to curb corruption due to upsurge of contract prices and public clients should engage consultants with good track record that will not compromise quality. Finally, procurement of contract should be done electronically, through e-tendering and video conferencing in order to curb corruption at early stage by reducing number of physical contacts.