Democratization and Corruption in a Religious Society: The Nigerian Experience
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2011
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Asian School of Management and Technology, Boca Roten, USA
Abstract
The late 20th century till date has greatly witnessed paradigm shift in democratisation crusade around
African continents where Nigeria belongs. This becomes significant and crucial in order to perpetually keep the
military cabals in the barrack as result of the incessant problems of corruption, religious violence, instability, insecurity and among others. Thus, stable democracy becomes the only solution to this perennial political angst in Nigeria.
Therefore, this paper seeks to postulate that democracy should be allowed to grow and build domestic consensus, reassert and readdress corporate participation and as well assume new roles indispensable for keeping and extending the life span of democracy and to immune it against military regime since Nigerians are religious in all things. To this end, democratisation is a democratic institution aimed at furthering political conscientization processes propelled by political regimes and continuously assume new roles in keeping with the exigencies of times and the political developments around them. This would make democratisation the only game in town.
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Corruption, Democratisation, Democracy, Religious society, Nigerian experience