Analysis Of Michael Ogbeidi 's The First Republic

Corruption and power have been inextricably linked for so long that many consider them to be one and the same, forever destined to accompany each other. Yet, corruption among the powerful has not been met with complacency in human history, rather the opposite instead. The Ancient Romans pioneered the first legal system with brutal punishments aimed to prevent ambitus, or political corruption. This strong desire to forcibly isolate corruption and power can be seen in China’s recent decision to declare severe cases of political corruption as worthy of the “death penalty”. Corruption even correlates with the development status of a country, which explains the common “African leadership is corrupt” rhetoric. Corruption and power may seem to be

The biggest problem with the government of Nigeria in regard to its malpractice towards the people is the unchecked corruption. “A

Evidence of this first presented itself after Aguiyi-Ironsi dissolved the regional governments of Nigeria after the initial military coup of 1966 (Falola 1999, 118). His Unification Decree incited outrage among Nigerians, whose lives were based upon opportunities granted to them by their provincial governments (Falola 1999). The federal government rewarded members of the provinces’ ethno-political elite with

Federalism is a word that seems to be thrown around very often to describe our government, but does one know what federalism really mean? According to Christine Barbour, and Gerald C. Wright’s book, Keeping The Republic, federalism is defined as a “political system in which authority is divided between different levels of government” (Barbour and Wright 75). In America, this division would be between the national and state level.

The political and economical issues spread beyond the government and to the community in Zimbabwe. For 15 years prior, the economy is Zimbabwe had been slowly fading but after the recent election the unemployment rate rose to eighty percent (“Govt” 1, 2). The number for jobless people increased to a massive number of nearly 200,000 making the eleventh year high up to 3.33 million (“Bankruptcies” 1, 2). This made it extremely challenging for families to afford things like education, health care, and even housing. As a result, this forced people to turn to crime and corruption just to try and make a living. While the citizens were turning to crime, the government was wasting all it’s money for personal needs. It was also discovered that the government had been paying more than 40,000 to what was referred to as “ghost workers” appearing on their payroll (“Govt” 1, 2). As a result of this, Zimbabwe was part of a huge fraud situation with the Nigerian Deposit Insurance. They were accounted for seventy-four cents for all fraud counts (“Our” 1). Soon after this scandal, Zimbabwe had no choice but to declare bankruptcy making the country record, 1082 bankruptcies as of 2008 (“Bankruptcies” 1, 2). After the fraud situation the government tried to cover up by creating an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The government was interested in fixing

The Republic of Niger, a poor, landlocked country, located in the heart of Sub-Saharan West Africa. Niger has seen its fair share of change throughout the decades; moving away from the control of the French Parliament in 1960, Niger formally declared its independence. Despite this bold act of independence, Niger would not see its first steps towards democracy until the early 1990’s, when they held their first open election as a free state. However, even with the empowerment of the people in a democratic government, Niger has seen itself nearly torn apart as a result constant coups, that have occurred as recently as 2010. Such instability has led to incredulous amounts of corruption and poverty, within the Niger government. This lack of stability and constant turnover in government, has been a driving factor behind the lack of resources available for education in Niger.

In Nigeria, the government possesses the authority to distribute and generate money. Adichie reveals the government’s influence over the economy through Aunty Ifeoma’s financial circumstances. Aunty Ifeoma asserts, “[w]e just called off yet another strike, even though no lecture has been paid for the last two months. They tell us the Federal Government has no money” (76). The University’s financial burden implies that the Nigerian government is simply lying to conserve the money for themselves, further emphasizing

In Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard, James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was shot and injured by Charles Julius Guiteau. The President was then confined to bed for nearly two months. The public was on edge, all eyes were focused on the, dying, President. This public focus is the storyline: the inspiration of Alexander Graham Bell, the schizophrenia of Charles Guiteau, the greed of Doctor Bliss, the megalomania of Roscoe Conkling, and the maturation of Chester Arthur. These stories are all well developed, but they are clearly sensationalized between: Bell’s frantic research, Guiteau’s selfish need, Bliss’s egotistical control, Conkling’s political stunts, and Arthur’s political panic. They are all exaggerated

The republic is a wonderful classic book. Book 1 has three levels of mythos (image), Eragon and logos (discussion). The narrator Socrates reveal the events that take place in cephalus house at the Piraeus (the port of Athens) on the festival day of god (artemis). Socrates has done many adventures, explorations and democrats that is essential to give power that drove Athens to empire and democracy. In book Socrates makes a tour of contemporary definitions of justice and shows the problem with each. Socrates discuss the meaning of justice with cephalus , polemarchus , and thrasymachus . Now we will talk about cephalus , the old rich man and he was economic dealings with no rights. He think that justice is telling the truth and paying your faith , so he is trapped by Socrates example of giving a sword back to a friend temporarily mad with anger then polemarchus join the discussion said that justice is doing good for friends and harm to enemies . Socrates objected about polemarchus definition if person will also be good at useless things and at being unjust. We often do not know who are our friend and enemies are. Socrates at the end of that justice does not seem to be treat anyone badly not enemies only.

Okeke,2014. Pressure groups and policy process in Nigeria: a case of fourth republic. Nigeria: Vincent Onyekwelu Su

Having read your write ups, it is obvious that you are blaming the atrocities laziest people in Nigeria perpetuate on those in authority. To a large extent, I disagree with you. Inasmuch as the majority of those in authority are corrupt, I don't think that is a reason for justifying laziness, greediness, and evil that people commit. If the government had done everything it could to establish a healthy environment for Nigerians, so many people would have yet indulged in atrocities. Nigeria is an environment in which the majority of the inhabitants wants to be rich overnight, and that is what gave birth to the corruption we witness today at all levels of government and institutions in Nigeria. However, in the midst of the unhealthy environment

The first was the weak sense of nationalism caused by all the ethnic groups where religion played a major part of the division. The main three ethnicities in Nigeria are Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo; the former is Muslim while the two latter are Christians. The second cause mentioned was the “divide and rule” which was a British tactic to employ ethnic groups against one another, and thus “helped ensure that ethnicity would be the main line of political cleavage after Nigeria became an independent country.” The third cause is the personal rule system based on “big men” and what this means is that Nigerian’s who worked for the British used their personal relationships to gain power and wealth, and in a certain way it is still used today in the Nigerian government. The fourth devastating cause was the “creation of an increasingly active and interventionist state during WWII and after until its independence in 1960, but that opened the doors to patronage, which would be used to gain political power and wealth. The past reveals the problems Nigeria has had for several decades, some of which have not disappeared but seem to get progressively worse. (CITATION)

Nigeria is an Agricultural and oil rich nation but characterised by Political instability, corruption, poor

Corruption can be defined as the use of entrusted power to accumulate public wealthy for personal benefit. Corruption is not peculiar to any country, continent or state; it is sure a global issue which is an endemic to all government all over the world. However, corruption is prevalent in the Niger delta region of Nigeria; public officers in this oil producing state of Nigeria are corrupt. Consequently, it has defied the Niger delta from developing politically and economically which has left the states reputation in a mess. Radicalization of youths, abject poverty and -political instability are the three leading effects of corruption in the Niger delta region of Nigeria.

Corruption is a complex political, social, and economic anomaly that negatively affects developing and developed countries. It weakens democratic institutions, holds economic development, widening the rich-poor gap and certainly leads to governmental instability. The World Bank definition of corruption states that “…the abuse of public office for private gain”.