Government Corruption In Nigeria

Instead of focusing on diversifying, the leaders of the country focus on gaining power and standing in the government. “Nigeria’s most daunting challenge lies in overcoming the severe divisions among its competing religious and ethnic groups” . Moreover, once they gain it, their problems do not end, since they must look over their back, never knowing how long they will hold on to the little power they have. Meanwhile, the common person suffers, as he is neglected by his government and must survive on his own. “The standard of living declined even further than before and external debts increased.” This neglect of the common man bodes ill for the government, as it is the common man who votes in the polls. However, the vote does very little, since corruption is rampant in Nigeria.

Sierra Leone is a small country found on the west coast of Africa. The country shares a border with the Atlantic Ocean, Liberia, and Guinea. Sierra Leone has a population of 5,525,000 people, and 27,699 square miles of land. In 1462 Freetown, Sierra Leone was founded by Pedro da Cintra, a Portuguese explorer from Lagos, Portugal. da Cintra originally named the country Sierra Lyoa , the Lion Mountains, but in 1787 the British officially adopted Sierra Lyoa changing its name to its modern day spelling- Sierra Leone. This small country has faced many horrors within its history. The Sierra Leone civil war is a major contributing factor to the country’s current state of poverty and corruption. Most problems that the country faces today all stem

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

Independent mayoral candidate Bo Dietl is informing New Yorkers if elected mayor of New York City, he can “work really well with the governor” of New York, as well as President Donald Trump instead of bashing them like Mayor de Blasio has done.

Bureaucracy, corruption and nepotism are some of the factors that have made it hard to run businesses in Nigeria. According to Ifemelu's aunt the biggest problem in Nigeria, was not corruption but the many qualified people who were not where they are supposed to be because they were not corrupt (Adichie; 77). This comment applies to the political state of Nigeria, implying that the biggest problem in Nigerian society is nepotism.

On any given day, if you were to tune into a news channel or browse the internet, there would be a good chance that a story of corruption would be uncovered. Corruption has been taking place since the beginning of time (literally). Some would say that is customary, and many would even argue that it is inevitable. In the book, ¬Global Corruption: Money, Power and Ethics in the Modern World, Laurence Cockcroft attempts to identify and educate others on the ethical (or unethical) dilemmas that many individuals, companies, and/or governments are facing throughout the world. Global Corruption provides the reader incredible insight into a wide array of instances of corruption. Mr. Cockcroft begins by giving the reader a brief overview of what defines corruption, along with several examples of corruption that has occurred throughout the globe. Then the author transitions into why corruption occurs by identifying the common drivers of unethical behavior, and concludes the book by offering some analysis on what measures need to be taken in order to fight global corruption.

Neither country has strong state institutions so political progress and economic development become difficult. A lack of state institutions lowers the standard of living and impedes civil rights. Corruption is also a “symptom of missing institutions” (McMillan 156). Corruption is a major obstacle in Nigeria and Angola which is influenced by oil money. In both cases there is a “bloc of corrupt powerful elites … while a large percentage of the population [continues] to live below poverty lines” (Ajayi 1). The money that is generated from oil falls into the hands of elites which directly impacts the country 's ability to democratize. In Nigeria, “oil revenues have been the primary lubricant in making democracy ‘work’” (O’Neil, Fields, and Share 760). Politicians have rigged elections by promising money and positions of power to citizens to guarantee votes. This is problematic because Nigerians are not having their voices heard. They are being bribed with money and power to vote for a politician, which is enticing in a country where the citizens live below the poverty line. This not only hinders democracy, but is a breeding ground for violence (O’Neil, Fields, and Share). In Angola, the government aims to keep corruption and other abuses of power a secret from Angolans. The state owns most newspapers and the only television station, so they tend to show government propaganda in favor of the state only. Any journalists

Political Corruption covers a broad spectrum of ideas and holds multiple definitions that exist only within their context, making it only relevant to what has happened within a state or area. We may know that it is wrong, but we are not sure as to what it really is. Mark Warren within his essay, “What does Corruption mean in a Democracy?” takes a normative approach to what this really means. Within his report he states, “most who study corruption now argue that it is a symptom as well as a cause of dysfunctions within democracies” (de Lean 1993; della Porta and Vannuccia 1999; Elster 1989, 236-72; Rose- Ackerman 1999; Thompson 1995). Rather than looking at it as a symptom or cause of dysfunctions within democracies, it can be looked at whether there are good and bad forms of corruption. Therefore should we accept corruption that intends to benefit the majority? Or is it really corruption when it benefits the state. Rose-Ackerman counter argues this and states that corruption is corruption, and

Nigeria is considered to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Many different forms of corruption are familiar to Nigeria including political corruption, bureaucratic corruption, electoral corruption, embezzlement, and bribery. Corruption has even been said to be a viable enterprise in Nigeria due to the involvement of citizens, government officials, and private corporations alike. Two main factors help explain why corruption and bribery are so high in Nigeria, these factors include Nigeria’s complete dependence on the petroleum industry and profit-focused companies taking advantage of a less developed,

Nigeria has a population of around 180 million, making it the most populous country in Africa. Nigeria is located in a region with tropical climate and that can grow variety of crops. With their numerous resources and growing technology they have been able to have positive economic advancement. Nigeria has had improvements in five of the ten economic freedoms. This includes Freedom of corruption, labor freedom, and management of government spending ("Nigeria." Economy: Population, GDP, Inflation, Business, Trade, FDI, Corruption.). Nevertheless these large improvements in their economy has not brought human development, where most Nigerians live under the poverty line. This paper will focus on why Nigeria has not been able to use their economic prosperity in the sector of human development, this includes standard of living, health, safety, and basic necessity one needs to live a stable life. We will compare it to the state of Ghana whose economy has also flourished but has been success in human development.

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.

Liberia has a multi- party system, with seventeen total parties. The government is modeled after the United States government. The legislature seems to hold the most power in the country, while the president is immune from suits, proceedings, and arrests, the president can still be impeached from the office for treason or bribery. There is a national and a local government, though the local government is appointed by the president until each county can afford to hold their own elections.

Incidentally nothing seems to have changed in the character of the operators of the Nigerian state since independence. The same reasons of corruption, nepotism, tribalism, exclusion, marginalization, high handedness, dictatorial tendencies, fraud maladministration, injustice, human rights abuses and the like vices are usually repeated to justify each change of government in the country but nothing has really changed for the

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”.

Patronage has been identified as an endemic characteristic of politics in Africa, that pre-vails despite the process of both modernization and democratization. Denoted as one of the causes for underdevelopment we have attached negative connotations to patronage and have failed to question why patronage is present in politics and its importance. With this prevailing narrative, we must question if patronage is ever present feature of African politics? And if it is always present for the same reasons? In this essay, I argue that pat-ronage is not an ever-present feature of African politics but rather a byproduct of mod-ernization that changes as a function of the type of state (Kopecký and Mair, 2011). The form of patronage takes varies depending economic structure and the nature of political environments (Van de Walle June 2007). This paper shall give two different examples of patronage for political survival, one focusing on Nigeria’s polarized chief patronage and the other on Zambian centralized patronage political stability. This will illustrate that pat-ronage can take many forms and be present in different political context despite similar conditions.