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CORRUPTION IN THE NIGERIA PUBLIC SECTOR: AN IMPEDIMENT TO GOOD GOVERNANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to examine corruption in Nigeria public sector and the challenges of good governance and sustainable development. One of the greatest threats to socio-economic and political development of any nation is corruption. It is anti-social behavior conferring improper benefits contrary to legal and moral norms, and undermines the authorities’ capacity to secure the welfare of all citizens. The paper used qualitative approach to analyses issues by adopts secondary data such as journal publications, newspapers, textbooks etc. The paper observes that Nigeria is faced with myriad of dilemmas Prominent among which are poverty, insecurity, kidnapping, ethno-religious crisis, bad governance, and many more, these problems can be attributed to corruption. The paper suggests that government should urgently initiate moves to work with the National Assembly to review Nigeria constitution and legal order so as to empower the anti-corruption agencies to work assiduously without being molested or interfered with by the government. The paper concludes that entrenchment of constitutional principle that will allow citizens in their respective constituencies the power to recall at any point in time any elected official who has been found by due process to corrupt, abuse or betray the people mandate.
Keywords: Corruption, Good Governance, Public Sector, Socio-Economic Development