Analytical Skills for Policy Practice: A Social Policy Framework to Address Corruption as a Social Problem for Development in Nigeria

Muhammad, Muhammad Bello; Gado, Muddassir Ahmad

doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p637

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“…Nigeria’s nascent democracy has had a great deal of muscle flexing with kleptomaniacs with the prime objective to enshrine politics of social sanity to meet intergenerational needs of the citizenry for a sustainable development (Adamu and Rasheed, 2016; Muhammad and Gado, 2015; Kwaghe, 2015; Adeola, 2014; Folarin, 2014; Austine et al , 2013; Bamidele et al , 2013; Oluwaniyi, 2011; Wilson and Ikunga, 2013; Agbor, 2012; Ebohon and Emmanuel, 2012; Olagunju, 2012; Otusanya et al , 2015). However, the attempted crackdown on thievery in governance has not been easy in Nigeria, and one reason is that corruption is discernibly a cancerous political malady that has eaten deep into the bone marrow of the Nigerian political elite.…”

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“…Sani Abacha has been rated as the fourth most corrupt ruler in global history. More than a few Nigerians are imbued with cheating proclivity, and therefore, Nigeria was “blessed” with General Sani Abacha, the demonstrably best amongst the kleptomaniacs, and his cohorts, to rule Nigerians (Muhammad and Gado, 2015; Kwaghe, 2015; Adeola, 2014; Folarin, 2014) Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo portrayed a mood of war against kleptomaniacs from the onset of his democratic administration, and the citizenry fervently looked forward to the day that the ex-president’s dangling axe of anti-kleptocracy would have fallen on the high-profile kleptomaniacs of Nigeria who were masquerading as political elites, but to no avail. Democratic governance is rooted in the belief system that there are incredible possibilities in persuasive and undaunted practitioners of positive social change who go the way and show the way (Oviasogie, 2016; Alo, 2014; Awofeso and Odeyemi, 2014).…”

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Kleptocracy in Nigeria

Das

2018

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to sonographically explore kleptocracy in Nigeria’s nascent democracy and evaluate how democracy can mitigate kleptocratic behavior amongst Nigerian political elite for a positive social change using sonic therapeutic intervention lens. Design/methodology/approach The author inductively generated data through document analysis in this qualitative study. Findings The results of the study showed that kleptocracy has been an age-long politico-financial crime in Nigeria. The author proffered sonic therapeutic intervention to simultaneously enhance democratic values and mitigate kleptocracy among the Nigerian leaders. Research limitations/implications The limitations of the study stemmed from the fact that it cannot be generalized. Practical implications The practical implications of the study stemmed from the fact that any leader can take advantage of the research findings and apply the recommendations to themselves for personal transformation without incurring any costs. Social implications The social implication of the study is rooted in the fact that if the Nigerian leadership implement the recommendation(s) of the study, there will be a positive social change in the country inasmuch as financial crime will be mitigated. Originality/value The originality of the study stemmed from the fact that this inquiry filled the gap in financial crime literature and there was no such study ever conducted in the discipline.

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