Governance, Corruption and Sustainable Development in Nigeria: A Sociological Explanation.
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2019-09
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Department of Sociology, Nigeria Police Academy, Kano
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Corruption is seen as a social and economic problem that has permeated into every society world wide. Though its intensity and gravity varies from one country to the other, hardly is there a country that is free of corrupt practices. The upsurge in the perpetration of the act in Africa, especially in Nigeria, has reached alarming proportions. This is because virtually every institution in the country has been adversely affected; economy, politics, education, health among others and has obstructed the overall national development of the country. Unfortunately, our leaders (political and economic) have been at the fore front in the perpetration of this corrupt act. However, such high prevalence of corrupt practices in Nigeria cannot be divorced from the issue of governance in the country. The immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan (2011-2015) has been dented with poor governance coupled with lack of political will which in turn create suitable atmosphere for corruption to thrive in the country. The resultant effects thus manifest in the area of underdevelopment and decadence in virtually every part of Nigerian society which is currently a source of concern to Nigerians. This paper thus examines how bad governance aids corruption in Nigeria and how corruption in turn obstructs development in general. It explores social action theory and primitive accumulation of wealth theory in explaining the phenomenon of governance and corruption in Nigeria. It attempts to suggest some ways by which the country can be better governed as well as various ways through which corruption can be reduced to its barest minimum in Nigeria.
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corruption, governance, development