Leadership And Corruption In Nigeria Essay

2288 words - 10 pages

Gidado J. Mustapha
A00014728
PHI_300 Research Paper
Ethics and Leadership
Dr. Pavel Ushakov

17th April, 2014.

LEADERSHIP AND CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA
Introduction:
Leadership has always been one of the best factors to consider when determining the goal of a society or a community, it does not matter how big or small a community might be; it has to have a leader if it wants to be developed and harmonized (Ushakov). Leadership has always played a big role in the developing countries, or anywhere in the world. It is very difficult to find a society whether in an urban areas or rural areas functioning without a leader.
Leadership has been defined generally as how a single person takes responsibility of directing a community towards a common goal (Ushakov 2). Of course it has so many types, or styles rather. Different people lead in so many different ways, the matter of it being advantageous (benefits the society) or disadvantageous (deteriorates the society) depends on the visions and agendas set forward by the leader. Some leaders tend to use force in trying to get their objectives done, for example, Alexander the great, the king of Macedonia; while some leaders use their charismatic abilities to influence people to achieve success in their goals, for example, Mahatma Ghandi.
Corruption on the other hand is always a bad move in any society. It does not have any importance in a community. It brings lack of trust, lack of unity, selfishness, and reduces the standards of the society. By general definition of corruption, it always means dishonesty and an act that involves bribery (Stevenson). The higher the corruption of a society, the more the problems of that society clump together until it reaches a major point. Once corruption starts, it eats away the society bit by bit and it keeps on getting bigger and bigger in the society if not stopped at once. A very good example is Nigeria which I would be discussing in the next paragraph. After all, Nigeria would be the main concentration of this paper based on its leadership and corruption.
Nigeria is the most populated country in the continent for a fact. It is indeed a great nation with numerous histories all over it. It is well known all over the world for its dramatic leadership that stops it from competing among the elites. “Nigeria is one of the countries in West Africa sub-region, whose development has been undermined by the menace of corrupt practices by her leaders” (Anazodo Rosemary 1).
Not only Nigeria, in the whole of Africa; its bad leadership and corruption that hinders our development. “. . . Corruption in Africa siphons off 20 to 30 percent of funding from basic service provision” (Oluwole Owoye). As a matter of fact, before we gained independence, everything was going just good. Nigeria had no problem of corruption; our currency was one of the strongest as of that time, we were economically diversified and there was peace. Now everything seems just too different, some people even...

Economy and Government Corruption in the World

1508 words - 7 pages amount of corruption in a country is extremely difficult and very few sources can be trusted. The Transparency International Organization provides corruption data on numerous countries based on first-hand accounts of acts of corruption by public sector officials. Transparency International (TI) provides corruption ratings and ranks the countries based on the government’s interactions with the public sector. The biggest criticism of using TI

Vladimir Putin and Corruption in Russia

1824 words - 7 pages president (Aron 7). Following his ascension to power, Putin has instituted policies that have led to authoritarian rule and the corruption that threatens Russia’s economic future. Boris Yeltsin’s presidency assisted Putin’s rise to power and led to many of his policies. Boris Yeltsin took office in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He passed capitalist and democratic reforms that led many companies to be privatized. The government

Humanitarian Aid and Corruption in Afghanistan

1381 words - 6 pages of the $8 billion donated in the past year has been lost to corruption (Labelle 1)? Because of corruption, the United States should lower the amount of aid donated to Afghanistan and prevent waste and abuse. However, there is a possible downside to lowering aid distribution. On the contrary, if the U.S. reduces aid drastically decreases, Afghanistan may become dependent on the Taliban once again

Political History and Corruption in Macbeth

1950 words - 8 pages Political History and Corruption in Macbeth To understand many of William Shakespeare's plays, one must understand the history of the time period. A.L. Rowse gives a history of William Shakespeare's time, the late sixteenth to the early seventeenth century and how the government of the time was authoritarian but popular. The person of the Monarch (derived from the Greek "monorchia", the rule of one), the Crown, was something even

Corruption and Prosperity in the Gilded Age

1563 words - 6 pages Deriving from the famed novel The Gilded Age written by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner, the Gilded Age was a time from the early 1860s to the early 1900s of political corruption and vast economic prosperity. After the Civil War, America became determined to reconstruct itself into a society not restricted as to what it could and could not have as individuals in terms of goods and services. America wanted to be viewed as something more than

powmac Power and Corruption in Macbeth

2098 words - 8 pages Power and Corruption in Macbeth "Authority poisons everybody who takes authority upon himself" (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin). This could easily be a comment on the story of Macbeth where an apparently respected Scottish couple have the opportunity to seize the highest authority, take it, and in doing so, poison themselves and their country. In Macbeth, the play's theme is the strife created by the wrongful seizure of power and the

Corruption and Greed in The Canterbury Tales

1044 words - 4 pages everything he believed it will stay in his hands forever. Both of these stories contain same major themes; corruption and avarice will be abused on different purpose. The pardoner basically tells this story to motivate other people to buy his relics to have their sins forgiven. This tale is the criticism of greed coming from most greedy person in that group of story-tellers. He is very proud of his brilliance and eloquence and tells how virtuous

Patterns of Elite Bargains and State Resilience in Nigeria

4113 words - 17 pages Introduction The purpose of this research is to examine the role of elite bargains in promoting state resilience in Nigeria. Various factors like the civil war, military dictatorship, ethno-religious crises and the recent Boko Haram have undermined Nigeria’s unity. In spite of these factors, Nigeria has maintained fourteen years of continuous democratic rule, introduced various economic reforms and exhibited virtual military capacity to

Missionaries in Pre-Colonial and Early Colonial Nigeria

1013 words - 4 pages Missionaries in Pre-Colonial and Early Colonial Nigeria In any study of colonial Nigeria, the groundwork accomplished by the missionaries in pre-colonial days must be a central concern. They were instrumental in setting the scene which would meet the colonists when they started arriving. Missionaries were used by the colonial power as an avant garde, to expand into new regions, a fact keenly displayed by Achebe in Things Fall Apart. For many

Globalisation and the Contradiction of Peripheral Capitalism in Nigeria

9693 words - 39 pages foreign secretary Jack Straw calls "stop the world movement".Therefore the focus of this paper is on the contradictions of globalization for peripheral capitalism in Nigeria .Our goal is to see whether globalizations has succeeded in bringing development to Nigeria or whether it is just one ofthose promissory notes. Hence, our thesis is that, "globalization as the highest stage of imperialism is an economic phase for exploiting and dominating the

Cultural Practices between Men and Women in Nigeria

2931 words - 12 pages In Nigeria, men expect and demand respect, cultural practices show that the major roles of women is to submit to their men, raise the children and feed them. From the precolonial period to present time, women’s roles have advanced but the Nigeria has

Political Leadership And Societal Development: An Unfulfilled Promise In Nigeria

1727 words - 7 pages of power from one elected president to another without serious disturbance capable of undermining the democratic process. Nonetheless, Nigeria’s political leadership characterized by corruption, tribalism, and violence has led to severe underdevelopment despite the availability of enormous human and natural resources. Corruption remains a critical issue militating against considerable development in the African continent. Specifically in Nigeria

Corruption Of Power And Leadership Essay

847 words - 4 pages In World War II, a lot of people are slaughtered by a man who has absolute power. This man was Adolf Hitler and he murdered 6 million Jewish. A lot of people see him as a powerful dictator, because of his mass murder. People often see often as the ability the to get what someone wants at first thought. However, it has wider concept, it has a more complex structure. It could be used for a lot of purposes and has a lot of type. If some leaders or

Corruption And Bias In Media Essay

1332 words - 5 pages information in which they make available to the public and spin the stories to form a bias of the people. Many times this is done without viewers knowledge as they do not have time to check other news sources to back the information up. News broadcasts benefit the public in that they are able to relay information and make it easily available to the public. These stories are then able to help combat corruption, as viewers are then able to use their voices

Deception And Corruption In Hamlet Essay

938 words - 4 pages “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark (Shakespeare 22)” this famous quote from Hamlet describes the theme behind most of the actions that occur in this play. In this work we see corruption take over the state of Denmark, causing the royal family and government to face death. Despite the motive of any of the characters, good or bad, they all do contribute to the rottenness of Denmark. Emotions and desire fill their heads, causing their