Corruption in Nigeria a Threat to Sustainable Economic Development
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
- To appraise the nature of corruption in Nigeria
- To determine the causes and effect of corruption on sustainable economic development in Nigeria
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
INTRODUCTION
This chapter gives an insight into various studies conducted by outstanding researchers, as well as explained terminologies with regards to corruption in Nigeria and sustainable development. The chapter also gives a resume of the history and present status of the problem delineated by a concise review of previous studies into closely related problems.
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
One best way to look at corruption is when individuals act negates the moral principle that guides their official obligations. Corruption thus cannot be divided from breaching of ethnical rules that bind the conduct of official duties. Every official position either in private or public is guided by ethics and these ethics are there to regulate official conduct.
Several factors would make having a consensus on the causes and successful way of combating corruption a bit problematic. Among these factors are according Agubamah (2009) the uniqueness of each society and or country, the dynamic or changing nature of the socio political and economic interactions within the global community and the differences in the perception of corrupt practices by different academic disciplines.
One of the theories of corruption is the modernization theory. In the word of Huntington 1968, one of the theorists of modernization cited by Adefulu (2007) he observed that: the process of economic and political development in modernizing societies tends to breed inequality, political instability and corruption which may be defined simply in terms of the use of public powers to achieve private goals.
Earnestly worked after the (1955) Bandung Conference of the Non-Aligned movement. Modernization theorists explained that: the causes, scale and incidence of corruption and corrupt practices in pre-colonial African states in terms of the logic of patrimonialism, neo-patrimonialism, prebendalism, and patro-clientelism and the main proposition common to all these theories of cooption centers on the view that extractive corruption in African (and elsewhere in developing countries) is one of the unsalutary consequences of grafting modern political structure and processes on indigenous socio political structures which function on the basis of old values and obligation.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes the various methods and techniques used to collect and analyze the data gathered for the study to gain a deeper understanding of the topic under study.
The data collection stage is important since the result of the analysis is dependent on the quality of the data obtained. Therefore, the method selected for data collection must be the most appropriate to assist in achieving the objectives of the study:
In this case, it is to be used to determine the real status of employee involvement, causes of low employee involvement or participation in the decision-making process; determine the consequences of low employee involvement in decision-making on the implementation of management decisions.
It is also to be used to identify ways to arrest this problem in order to improve organizational performance and explore how employees can be involved and the result of involving employees in decision-making as well as make recommendations on how to improve the involvement of employees in decision-making.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
This chapter is devoted to the presentation, analysis and interpretation of the data gathered in the course of this study. The data used for this study is secondary data from the central bank of Nigeria 2012 statistical bulletin. The data are been analyzed using regression.
CHAPTER FIVE
FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
The objectives of the study was to
- level of corruption has an effect on economic development in Nigeria
- There is an effect of corruption index and employment level on sustainable economic development in Nigeria.
- There is a relationship between the corruption index and employment level.
Findings from the study revealed the following,
- That the level of corruption has an effect on economic development in Nigeria.
- That there is an effect of corruption index and employment level on sustainable development in Nigeria.
- That there is a relationship between the corruption index and employment level in Nigeria.
Recommendation
For sustainable development to be sustained in Nigeria, corruption should not be allowed to thrive as this at the long run would have consequential effect on our economy. A country with minimal cases of corruption would record huge success in sustainable development.
REFERENCE
- Adefulu A. Razaa Neo Patrimonialism the modern Africans state and corruptions syndrome. A theoretical and Emprical consideration in corruption and the challenge of human development (2007) Babcock University Press: School of management and social sciences.
- Afolabi, Gabriel K, “Contextual perceptions of corruption in contemporary Nigeria, (2007) in corruption and the challenge of Human Development: a publication of the program on policy, Conflict and Strategic studies, School of Management and Social Science: Babcock University Press Ltd.
- Afolabi, Gabriel K, contextual perceptions of corruption in contemporary Nigeria( 2007)
- Agbaje, Adigun (2004): Corruption, Accountability and Good governance: Reflections on governance in Nigeria Fourth Republic 1999-2003 International Review of Politics and Development, vol. 2, No. 2, June.
