AN EXAMINATION OF THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA

Elijah Okon John, Maurice John Akpabio

Abstract


There is no perfect society anywhere; as to be human is to be limited, finite, challenged and subject to the vagaries of life. While many societies have come to terms with the innate challenges of man, by trying to refine and regulate behaviours that are injurious to the proper functioning of the society, others have simply acquiesced to the challenges and see such as the normal ways of life. Nigeria is taken to be one of the most corrupt portions of the world, as corruption across all spheres of the state has stagnated the country in so many fronts. Though many efforts, some which were really not well thought out, have been made to confront the hydra- headed problem of corruption in the country, such have not yielded any appreciable gains; rather, corruption seems to be getting more footholds. It is in the light of the failure of previous efforts, that this work suggests a different approach - the philosophical approach - in order to arrest the problem holistically, rather than battling the symptoms, which previous efforts had been geared toward.

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