Personnel Risk:

Very High

Score:

24/100

Leadership Behaviour

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Q34 8/100

Do the Defence Ministry, Defence Minister, Chiefs of Defence, and Single Service Chiefs publicly commit, through, for example, speeches, media interviews, or political mandates, to anti-corruption and integrity measures?

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Chiefs/Ministers: Internal communications Score: 25 / 100
Anti-corruption represents one of the pillars of President Mahamadou Issoufous’ Renaissance Programme (2016–2021). Alongside this, there is a broad-based commitment to tackling corruption in…
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Chiefs/Ministers: Public commitment Score: 0 / 100
Public commitment to anti-corruption and integrity measures consists of vague statements, with no reference to chiefs or ministers. The assessor did not find evidence…
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Unit commanders and leaders Score: 0 / 100
The assessor found no evidence of public commitment (through, for example, speeches, media interviews, or political mandates) to anti-corruption and integrity measures by unit…
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Q35 50/100

Are there effective measures in place for personnel found to have taken part in forms of bribery and corruption, and is there evidence that these measures are being carried out?

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Sanctions Score: 100 / 100
The 2003 Military Penal Code (1) addresses corruption in Article 228 which states that officers found guilty of corruption, theft or general crime can…
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Enforcement Score: 0 / 100
There is very little recent public information regarding cases of security and defence personnel being involved in cases of corruption. Investigations regarding police or…
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Q36 8/100

Is whistleblowing encouraged by the government, and are whistle-blowers in military and defence ministries afforded adequate protection from reprisal for reporting evidence of corruption, in both law and practice?

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Legal provisions Score: 25 / 100
A 1992 law on illicit enrichment provides for the protection of witnesses but does not explicitly refer to “whistle-blowers” (1). As per Article 8,…
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Prioritisation Score: 0 / 100
The assessor did not find any evidence that there is a specific policy regarding whistleblowing in security and defence institutions. However, on a broader…
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Effectiveness Score: 0 / 100
In the absence of centralised statistics, it is difficult to assess how many incidents are reported to the institutions that could receive complaints (HALCIA,…
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Q37 0/100

Is special attention paid to the selection, time in post, and oversight of personnel in sensitive positions, including officials and personnel in defence procurement, contracting, financial management, and commercial management?

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Coverage of sensitive (higher-risk) positions Score: 0 / 100
The assessor found no evidence of a clearly defined procedure in the military/defence establishment to select personnel covering higher-risk positions. According to conducted interviews,…
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Selection process Score: NA / 100
No evidence was found regarding a clearly defined procedure in the military/defence establishment to select personnel covering higher-risk positions. Therefore this indicator has been…
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Oversight Score: NA / 100
No evidence was found regarding a clearly defined procedure in the military/defence establishment to select personnel covering higher-risk positions. Therefore this indicator has been…
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Payroll, Promotions, Appointments, Rewards

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Q38 33/100

Is the number of civilian and military personnel accurately known and publicly available?

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Accuracy Score: 0 / 100
Currently, the armed forces comprises of approximately 20,000 personnel and 7,000 Gendarmerie Nationale. However, an exact number is not publicly available. The number of…
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Transparency Score: 0 / 100
Limited information on the number of civilian and military personnel is made publicly available by the Ministry of Defence. However, the figures detailed here…
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Ghost soldiers Score: 100 / 100
Over the last three years, military and local media investigations have revealed no issues connected to ghost soldiers (1). Given the relatively small size…
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Q39 88/100

Are pay rates and allowances for civilian and military personnel openly published?

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Pay rates Score: 75 / 100
Pay rates for personnel working in security and defence are available in service publications (1). While no information is made available to the general…
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Allowances Score: 100 / 100
Allowances are well-defined and based on clearly stated criteria (familial allowance, number of years in office (1,2)). For “zones de mise en garde”, that…
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Q40 50/100

Do personnel receive the correct pay on time, and is the system of payment well-established, routine, and published?

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Timeliness Score: 100 / 100
The assessor found no examples of wages being regularly delayed, unpaid or subject to discretionary adjustments (1,2). There is no evidence that instances of…
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Accuracy Score: NEI / 100
This indicator has not been assigned a score due to insufficient information or evidence. Pay rates for security and defence servants are available in…
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Transparency Score: 0 / 100
Pay rates for personnel working in security and defence are available in service publications (1). Even though if no information is made available to…
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Q41 25/100

Is there an established, independent, transparent, and objective appointment system for the selection of military personnel at middle and top management level?

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Formal process Score: 75 / 100
There is an established procedure (legal framework) in place to ensure the objective appointment of military personnel as per Ordonnance 2010-75 and Loi n°…
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Scrutiny Score: 0 / 100
The National Assemblee does not provide external scrutiny on the appointments of military personnel at middle and top management (1, 2) .
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Transparency Score: 0 / 100
There is some available information on the appointment process through informal mechanisms, based mostly on rumours but it is incomplete and often confusing. Personal…
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Q42 13/100

Are personnel promoted through an objective, meritocratic process? Such a process would include promotion boards outside of the command chain, strong formal appraisal processes, and independent oversight.

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Formal process Score: 50 / 100
The security sector human resources management has formal processes in place that are characterised by clearly defined personnel regulations, a competitive and transparent recruitment…
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Exceptions Score: 0 / 100
The security sector human resources management is characterised by clear personnel regulations and a merit-based promotion system (1,2). At every stage, there is oversight…
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Comprehensiveness Score: 0 / 100
Personnel regulations, career management, and training are all governed by clear regulatory texts (1,2), but they are not available to public (3).
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Frequency Score: 0 / 100
Personnel regulations, career management, and training are all governed by clear regulatory texts (1,2), but they are not available to public (3).
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Conscription and Recruitment

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Q43 0/100

Where compulsory conscription occurs, is there a policy of not accepting bribes for avoiding conscription? Are there appropriate procedures in place to deal with such bribery, and are they applied?

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Policy Score: 0 / 100
There are no known policies or rules against bribery for avoiding compulsory conscription. Military service in Niger is compulsory under Article 38 of the…
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Sanctions Score: 0 / 100
Since there is no policy against bribery for avoiding compulsory conscription through bribery, there are no direct sanctions for it either. More broadly, the…
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Enforcement Score: 0 / 100
No evidence was found of such cases.
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Q44 67/100

is there a policy of refusing bribes to gain preferred postings? Are there appropriate procedures in place to deal with such bribery, and are they applied?

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Policy Score: 100 / 100
Both the Military Code and the Public Penal Code address corruption in general terms without explicit references to a policy of refusing bribes for…
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Sanctions Score: 100 / 100
As mentioned in 44A, the language in the Military Code and Public Penal Codes does not explicitly mention the payment of bribes (pot-de-vin) to…
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Enforcement Score: 0 / 100
No evidence was found of such cases being investigated (1).
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Salary Chain

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Q45 0/100

Are chains of command separate from chains of payment?

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Score: 0 / 100
Chains of command are arguably separate from chains of payment. According to an interviewee, the human resources and financial division work together to send…
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Values and Standards

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Q46 50/100

Is there a Code of Conduct for all military personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts and hospitality, conflicts of interest, and post-separation activities? Is there evidence that breaches of the Code of Conduct are effectively addressed?

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Code of conduct Score: 25 / 100
There is no actual code of conduct for all military personnel. Nigerien military personnel are provided with an instruction manual on international humanitarian law…
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Transparency Score: 50 / 100
The ICRC Instruction Manual (see 46A) is an ethics code for the military establishment. According to the ICRC Instruction Manual for Niger’s Ministry of…
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Enforcement Score: 25 / 100
Breaches of the Military Code of 2003 are only occasionally investigated. The Military Code of 2003 does contain enforcement provisions in Articles 47 and…
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Training Score: 100 / 100
The ICRC Instruction Manual (see 46B) is an ethics code for the military establishment. According to the ICRC Instruction Manual for Niger’s Ministry of…
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Q47 0/100

Is there a Code of Conduct for all civilian personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts and hospitality, conflicts of interest, and post-separation activities? Is there evidence that breaches of the Code of Conduct are effectively addressed?

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Code of conduct Score: 0 / 100
As a result of cooperation with the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), based on a 2011 Decree (1), in 2015…
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Transparency Score: NA / 100
There is no single Code of Conduct for all civilian personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts…
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Enforcement Score: NA / 100
There is no single Code of Conduct for all civilian personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts…
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Training Score: NA / 100
There is no single Code of Conduct for all civilian personnel that includes, but is not limited to, guidance with respect to bribery, gifts…
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Q48 17/100

Does regular anti-corruption training take place for military and civilian personnel?

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Comprehensiveness Score: 25 / 100
Even though no evidence has been found that there is an explicit programme directly addressing corruption as part of military and civilian personnel training,…
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Regularity Score: 0 / 100
Given the multiple bilateral partners and organizations involved in this type of training (as well as the decentralized nature of the trainings), the scoring…
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Coverage of personnel Score: 25 / 100
In terms of the coverage of personnel that have passed through the training, there is no comprehensive statistic. However, some information can be obtained…
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Q49 0/100

Is there a policy to make public outcomes of the prosecution of defence services personnel for corrupt activities, and is there evidence of effective prosecutions in recent years?

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Policy Score: 0 / 100
No evidence was found of a formal policy to make public outcomes of the prosecution of defence services personnel for corrupt activities (1, 2).…
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Transparency Score: 0 / 100
The results of prosecution are rarely made publicly available, and usually, there is no detailed public information on the charges or the hearing (1,2) .
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Effectiveness Score: 0 / 100
There is very little public information regarding cases of security and defence personnel’s involvement in cases of corruption. Investigations regarding policemen or military officers…
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Q50 0/100

Are there effective measures in place to discourage facilitation payments (which are illegal in almost all countries)?

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Legal framework Score: 0 / 100
Neither the 2003 Military Penal Code (1) nor the Public Penal Code (2) cover facilitation fees (paiement de faveur, paiement de facilitiation) explicitly (see…
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Enforcement Score: NA / 100
Since facilitation payments are not criminalised, this indicator has been marked Not Applicable.
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Prevalence Score: 0 / 100
It is difficult to evaluate with precision the extent of facilitation payments. However, some studies indicate that the practice is widespread, with some areas…
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