Accountability for Sustainable Development and the Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria, 1999-2015

Abstract

Development of any society is meant to enhance the living standard of citizens. However, where there are challenges of accountability, development is more likely to be a mirage. Past studies in Nigeria on the challenges of leadership and sustainable development identified corruption and lack of required skills on the part of public officials to perform in terms of proper policy formulation and implementation among others. The main goal of this article is to explore the relationship between accountability for the sustainable development and the challenges of leadership in Nigeria. With the analysis of data obtained from secondary sources, this present study identified lack of accountability for sustainable development to include the challenges leadership, unethical behavior, poor maintenance culture, poor management of resources, corruption on the part of public officials, and inadequate funds to execute projects in Nigeria. This article therefore recommends, among others, the need for government to adopt a more practical approach to the promotion of accountability, a determined fight against corruption and unethical behavior, proper management of resources, and devotion of more funds to the execution of capital projects that could positively affect the lives of the people for improved standard of living.

Whistleblowing for Fraud: Perspective of Leadership Types and Accountability Pressure

“…Therefore, there is an interaction between the types of leadership and accountability pressure. The results of this hypothesis testing support the results of previous research conducted by Hoogervorst (2011) and Gberevbie et al (2017) that the types of leadership and accountability pressure are able to produce resistance to fraud. This indicates an increased individual intention to do whistleblowing in an organization.…”

“…Caillier and Sa (2017) also conducted a study by examining the types of leadership by adding transactional leadership variable to whistleblowing intentions using the panel data method. Previous research on accountability pressure was conducted by Hoogervorst (2011) and Gberevbie, Joshua, Excellence-Oluye, and Oyeyemi (2017). The results show that the role of leader's accountability has positive effect on behavior in an organization.…”

“…According to Gberevbie et al (2017), accountability is an important concept of successful implementation of organizational policies and programs. Accountability makes individuals act more ethically by thinking that individuals can make strong rejection of negative evaluations by other parties (Buckley, 2001).…”

“…Accountants are motivated to improve performance internally through their abilities and externally through the pressures of accountability for their performance. The higher the accountability pressure, the higher the potential for reducing fraud and has the impact on the intention, one of which is to complete the work that is determined appropriately (Gberevbie et al, 2017). The existance of accountability pressure not only realizes organizational goals, but also shapes each individual to be able to report more realistic decisions.…”

Transparency in Government: A Review on the Failures of Corruption Prevention in Indonesia

“…One way to create accountability is by having transparent public information disclosure and transparency where space and opportunities are available for the public to be involved in monitoring and observing the the government's administrative process, especially in decision making. The government should maintain views and goals relating to public services that are oriented to efficiently and responsibly satisfy citizens with their performance (Gberevbie et al 2017;Justice at al. 2006;Petrakaki et al 2009).…”