📖 ABSTRACT/OVERVIEW
This study analytically reviews the corruption risks embedded in the channels through which European Union development funding reaches beneficiaries in Nigeria, examining the procurement, grant management, and implementing partner accountability weaknesses that create opportunities for fund diversion. EU development funding to Nigeria flows through multiple channels including government-to-government budget support, UN agency partnerships, international NGO implementing partners, and direct civil society grants, each carrying distinct fiduciary risk profiles. This analytical study draws on EU external audit reports, OLAF investigation summaries relevant to West Africa, EU Delegation Nigeria risk management documentation, and academic literature on development aid corruption in sub-Saharan Africa published between 2019 and 2024. Primary data from interviews with EU programme finance officers, Nigerian audit institutions, and anti-corruption civil society monitors in Lagos and Abuja provide empirical grounding. The study employs a risk mapping methodology to categorise corruption vulnerabilities across funding channels and programme modalities, examining how EU risk mitigation mechanisms, including partner capacity assessments, ex ante financial verification, and ex post audit requirements, compare against documented instances of fund misappropriation. Findings fill a literature gap on the specifics of EU development funding corruption risks in Nigeria and generate evidence-based recommendations for improved EU fiduciary risk management. Keywords: EU development funding, corruption risks, fiduciary management, programme accountability, Nigeria aid.
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