Reviewing The Nexus Between Sociopolitical Structure And Corruption In Nigeria

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

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Volume 8 Issue 5

Year of Publication : 2021

Authors : Ogochukwu Favour Nzeakor, Chibuike Ndubuisi Nwoke, Nnamdi Green Nwoha, Thank God Ikenegbu, Obinna Ugwu, Osinachi Peter Uba-Uzoagwa, Ikemenfuna Nwoke

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V8I5P101

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Ogochukwu Favour Nzeakor, Chibuike Ndubuisi Nwoke, Nnamdi Green Nwoha, Thank God Ikenegbu, Obinna Ugwu, Osinachi Peter Uba-Uzoagwa, Ikemenfuna Nwoke, "Reviewing The Nexus Between Sociopolitical Structure And Corruption In Nigeria," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 8,  no. 5, pp. 1-6, 2021. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V8I5P101

Abstract:

Given that most intellectual interventions on the nature of corruption in Nigeria have focused more on the analysis of individual, cultural, and economic factors; the focus of the present work is on the nexus between corruption and sociopolitical structures in Nigeria. The discussion was guided by three leading questions including: what is the sociopolitical origin of corruption in Nigeria? What are the sociopolitical institutions that promote corruption in Nigeria? And how have the sociopolitical structures promoted corruption in Nigeria? I therefore argue as follows: that corruption in Nigeria originated from weak and lopsided sociopolitical structures that were orchestrated by colonization and neocolonialism; that such institutions like lopsided sociopolitical zoning, state and local government creation, weak and ambiguous legal system, unjustifiable security vote for governors and president, and State Joint Local Government Account System are all implicated in the promotion of corruption in Nigeria; these structures disproportionately put resources in the disposal of a section of the country; and that these structures have promoted corruption in Nigeria through promotion of structural nepotism, mediocrity, neglect, marginalization, and subjugation. The systemic nepotism, in itself, promotes opportunity for corruption by providing little or no surveillance on people in positions of authorities.

Keywords:

Corruption, lopsidedness, sociopolitical structure, weak institutions, weak protocol theory

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