Abstract
The paper focused on governance in Nigeria vis-a-vis global corruption. It examined the various ways by which global corruption has affected governance in Nigeria. Key concepts were discussed, namely, corruption, governance, global corruption and characteristics of global corruption. The paper which defined corruption as impairment of integrity, virtue or moral principle, also identified its causes as greed, love of money, and excessive pleasure, among others. Corruption was found to have a symbiotic relationship with poverty. Global corruption, characterized by the rich western countries supporting dictatorship in developing countries and destabilizing democracies in these countries for their selfish purpose, is found to be responsible for many failing states in the Third World countries, Nigeria as a typical example. While the paper identified the attributes of good governance as transparency, rule of law, accountability, efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and responsiveness, these were found to be almost out of place in the governance system in Nigeria thus contributing to governance failure in the country. The paper suggested the way forward as being transparency in every transaction, especially transactions between the donor western countries and the recipient countries, among others. The paper concluded that in addition to internal causes, namely ethnicity, religious intolerance, nepotism, and bad leadership, global corruption has greatly contributed to governance failure in Nigeria.
Highlights
Governance in Nigeria dates back to the pre-independent period
While highlighting other causes of failure in governance in Nigeria, the paper intends to look into key issues, namely, the concept of corruption, global corruption, the characteristics of global corruption, governance, and the effect that these have on governance in Nigeria
How would one describe governance in Nigeria? From the definition given by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) above, there is need to examine the level of accountability, effectiveness and efficiency, the level of participation, transparency, responsiveness and equity in the Nigerian system of governance
Summary
Governance in Nigeria dates back to the pre-independent period. This was an era when the colonial masters were at the helms of affairs. The coup brought on board Major-General J.T.U. Aguiyi-Ironsi as the Head of Military Government and Commander in-Chief of the Armed Forces. In August 1985, another bloodless military coup that ousted General Buhari was staged by Major-General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida who ruled until 1993. By November 1993, General Sani Abacha, his Defence Minister, staged a palace coup against the Interim National Government and reverted to full military rule with him as Military Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. His regime ended abruptly on June 7, 1998 with his sudden death. While highlighting other causes of failure in governance in Nigeria, the paper intends to look into key issues, namely, the concept of corruption, global corruption, the characteristics of global corruption, governance, and the effect that these have on governance in Nigeria
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