However, there was little evidence of rigorous implementation of the Niger Delta Regional Development Plan. Throughout the 2000s, Nigeria consistently ranked among the world’s bottom 25 per cent, according to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index. It also tops the list of countries with the highest levels of capital flight in Africa (Ndikumana et al., The Government sought to tackle corruption through the establishment of an Independent Presidential Committee to investigate bad governance charges at the Niger Delta Development Commission, resulting in the uncovering of the diversion of resources related to Government contracts (Government of Nigeria, 2013).