Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Combating Systemic Corruption in Africa: Altitudinal, Attitudinal, Confrontational or Constitutional?

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2016 9 (9)
Authors
Ojo, Emmanuel Oladipo
Contact information
Ojo, Emmanuel Oladipo:Ekiti State University Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria; E-mail: ;
Keywords
Africa; corruption; analytical method; hystorical method
Abstract

The fact and reality of systemic corruption in Africa is irrefutable. It is therefore not surprising that the subject has attracted quite a great deal of attention from the academia. Thus, to assert that corruption is the greatest impediment to the socio-political and economic development of Africa is a superfluous understatement and a mere reinstatement of the obvious. Across Africa, incredibly huge sums of money sufficient to conduct free, fair and credible elections, equip the military and the police for optimum performance, revolutionize agriculture, rejuvenate education, resuscitate infrastructures, reinvigorate the economy, revamp the industrial sector and achieve scientific and technological emancipation end up in private vaults and pockets. The consequences of this are impaired economy, immobile technology, fractured infrastructures, ill equipped armed forces, unmitigated poverty and unprecedented brigandage and banditry. This paper does not intend to contribute to the oversubscribed debate on the origins, theories and causes of corruption in Africa; rather, it addresses the question of the option(s) that could best combat systemic corruption in Africa. The paper argues that neither the altitudinal factor nor constitutional provisions could combat corruption in Africa and concludes that only attitudinal change or the confrontation option could liberate the continent from systemic corruption. The descriptive and analytical method of historical research was employed in the analysis of the data obtained for the study

Pages
2092-2123
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/21635

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