Corruption in Nigeria is not restricted to the executive branch alone; its destructive tentacles reach all institutions of government. For instance, the legislature is a very important arm of democratic governance saddled with the responsibilities of making good laws for national development and oversight on the executive.
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Our shamelessly parasitic National Assembly is a Mecca of legislative rascality and corruption, to the extent that Nigerians no longer expect it to function as an effective check against abuse of power by the President and his cabinet. In fact, both the executive and the legislature are working together to despoil Nigerians. The judiciary is also part of the decay in the system: the number of cash-and-carry magistrates and judges has risen tremendously in recent years.