Nigeria’s national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, alongside 12 other ministries, departments, and agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria, has recorded a zero score in the 2025 Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard conducted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission.
Okay News reports that the findings were published on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, as part of a nationwide assessment aimed at strengthening transparency, ethical conduct, and institutional accountability across Nigeria’s public sector.
According to the commission, a total of 357 ministries, departments, and agencies were assessed after three institutions were exempted from the original 360 targeted bodies. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited ranked at the bottom of the table, scoring zero across all four evaluated pillars.
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission explained that the Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard functions as a diagnostic and accountability framework designed to measure compliance across four key areas: Management Culture and Structure, Financial Management Systems, Administrative Systems, and the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit.
In contrast to the poor performance recorded by several institutions, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission emerged as the highest-ranked agency, achieving a score of 91.83. Meanwhile, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission placed 278th on the list with a score of 38.25.
Presenting the scorecard earlier on Tuesday, the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Dr. Aliyu Musa, represented by the Director of the Systems Study and Review Department, Mr. Olusegun Adigun, said the assessment revealed widespread weaknesses in ethical standards and institutional integrity across government agencies.
According to Mr. Adigun, only 48 ministries, departments, and agencies, representing 13.95 per cent, recorded substantial compliance. He added that 132 agencies, accounting for 38.37 per cent, achieved partial compliance, while 141 agencies, or 40.99 per cent, demonstrated poor compliance. A further 23 agencies, representing 6.69 per cent, were classified as non-compliant.
“No MDA achieved full compliance,” Adigun said, noting that 13 institutions were non-responsive throughout the assessment process and were therefore classified as high-risk.
The Wednesday publication showed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited topped the list of non-responsive and high-risk institutions. Other agencies listed include the Institute of Archaeology and Museum Studies in Jos, Plateau State; the Federal Civil Service Commission in Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital; and the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, also based in Abuja.
Additional institutions classified as high-risk include the Federal Medical Centre, Hong, in Adamawa State; the University of Calabar in Cross River State; the Cross River Basin Development Authority in Calabar; and the Federal College of Education, Obudu, also in Cross River State.
The list further includes the Federal College of Medical Laboratory Science and Technology in Benue State; the National Metallurgical Development Centre in Jos, Plateau State; the National Root Crops Research Institute in Umudike, Abia State; the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority in Ilorin, Kwara State; and the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, in Osun State.
On the other end of the spectrum, the most compliant agencies include the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Commission, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, and the Bank of Industry.
The commission warned that it would continue administering the Ethics and Integrity Compliance Scorecard annually and would intensify enforcement actions against institutions with persistently low scores.
“This is to ensure and encourage MDAs’ compliance with government statutes, policies, and directives to promote integrity, accountability, efficiency, and productivity in government business. However, MDAs with consistently low scores of non-compliance and no responsive status will be subjected to profiling through system studies and appropriate enforcement actions,” the commission stated.
Efforts to obtain a response from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited were unsuccessful, as its spokesperson, Mr. Andy Odeh, did not respond to phone calls or messages as of the time of filing this report.
