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In The Cesspool Of Corruption: The Challenges Of National Development And The Dilemma Of Anti-Graft Agencies In Nigeria, Oluwaseum Bamidele, Azeez O. Olaniyan, Bonnie Ayodele
In The Cesspool Of Corruption: The Challenges Of National Development And The Dilemma Of Anti-Graft Agencies In Nigeria, Oluwaseum Bamidele, Azeez O. Olaniyan, Bonnie Ayodele
African Social Science Review
Most theoretical and analytical discourse on national development identified the virulent nature of corruption as development curse. In Nigeria, as in many other soft states, the epidemic nature of corruption and its destructive impacts on the national development has received wider attention in both national and international mass media. Similarly, scholarly literature on the culture of sleaze in many of these countries revealed the depth of the disease. Nigeria, undoubtedly remain at the front page of countries under the siege of sleaze. Its profile as one of the most corrupt nations feeds largely into the crisis of its national development. …
Patronage Driven Corruption Undermining The Fight Against Poverty In Uganda, Mbabazi Godfrey, Pyeong Jun Yu
Patronage Driven Corruption Undermining The Fight Against Poverty In Uganda, Mbabazi Godfrey, Pyeong Jun Yu
African Social Science Review
Uganda has been a den of corruption for a long time, a “disease” that has eaten up the entire society. Surprisingly or not, the Ugandan political machine has ensured that this practice thrives to benefit its interests at the expense of the majority poor. This study reveals that Uganda’s patronage and corruption quandary emanated from the British Colonial administrative system which was based on using a section of local people to rule over the rest and consequently rewarded them for supporting their policies and interests. With the intentioned absence of democratic rule, institutions that could condemn, exert public control and …
A Pluridisciplinary Treatise Of The Fractal Complexity In John Mukum Mbaku’S Corruption In Africa: Causes, Consequences And Cleanups, Abdul Karim Bangura
A Pluridisciplinary Treatise Of The Fractal Complexity In John Mukum Mbaku’S Corruption In Africa: Causes, Consequences And Cleanups, Abdul Karim Bangura
African Social Science Review
While my extensive search yielded about 20,500 mentions, seven scholarly citations, and three scholarly book reviews of John Mukum Mbaku’s Corruption in Africa: Causes, Consequences and Cleanups (2007), no systematic analysis has been done on the text, even though such potential exists. This is a serious gap in the literature on Africa’s international affairs and development studies because the book is one of the major works, if not the most comprehensive work, on a topic that has significant implications for the continent’s international relations and development. This paper is an attempt to fill this gap. Specifically, I employ the mathematical …
Living Without The State: A Rear View Mirror Of Nigeria's 50 Years Of Independence, Emmanuel Olugbade Ojo, P. F. Adebayo
Living Without The State: A Rear View Mirror Of Nigeria's 50 Years Of Independence, Emmanuel Olugbade Ojo, P. F. Adebayo
African Social Science Review
The purpose of this analysis is twofold. First, it undertakes a critical review of Nigeria’s performance within the five decades of its nationhood. Second, it compares its performance vis-à-vis a number of new states which started almost at the same time in both Africa and Asia using basic economic and political indicators. The article, however, infers that Nigerian political-economic performance is appalling, which has subjected citizens to living almost without the state in all ramifications. For a balanced view, the analysis argues that although there are few giant strides in terms of educational development and reduction in infant mortality as …