Political Corruption in Nigeria: Implications for Economic Development in the Fourth Republic

Igiebor, God’stime Osariyekemwen

doi:10.1177/0169796x19890745

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“…In West Africa, Nigeria is ranked higher than Guinea Bissau with a score of 18. In addition, it has been established that corrupt behavior is not only rampant in Nigeria but also the economies and citizens in African regions in general are the worst hit by the corruption (Abu and Staniewski, 2019;Igiebor, 2019). Notwithstanding the reiteration by the government on commitment to fight corruption, the score indicates that the situation is getting worse year by year.…”

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Remittances and corruption in Nigeria

Ajide

Olayiwola

2020

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PurposeIn this paper, we investigate the impact of remittances on control of corruption in Nigeria for a period of 1986–2016.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses ARDL modeling framework, dynamic OLS estimation, variance decomposition and impulse response analysis to examine the relationship between the two variables.FindingsThe study finds that remittances significantly improve the control of corruption in Nigeria. We further examine the robustness test of the results using dynamic OLS estimation, variance decomposition and impulse response analysis. Our results remain significant and consistent to the earlier one reported in ARDL framework which supports the extant literature.Practical implicationsOur study suggests that international remittances can be used, through the cross-border transfer of norms and practices, to significantly impact the socioeconomic progresses of a country by reducing corruption.Originality/valueThe existing studies on the relationship between corruption and remittances document conflicting results. In addition, study on corruption - remittances nexus that specifically focuses on any African country is largely absent despite the fact that most of the countries in the region are recognized as highly corrupt. This paper provides insights on how remittances can be used as part of tool kits to control corruption in African nation.

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Remittances and corruption in Nigeria

Ajide

Olayiwola

2020

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“…The failure to train the FDCs in MRV (a vital step to receiving carbon credit) simply implies that government will be the sole appropriator of the carbon credits. This could possibly reinforce and sustain governance issues [70] that have bedeviled the nation for too long.…”

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Livelihood Impacts of Forest Carbon Protection in the Context of Redd+ in Cross River State, Southeast Nigeria

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The rate of landcover change linked to deforestation and forest degradation in tropical environments has continued to surge despite a series of forest governance policy instruments over the years. These informed the launch of one of the most important international policies called Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+) to combat forest destruction. REDD+ assumes that communities will have increased assets to natural capital which will enhance their livelihood portfolio and mitigate the effects of climate variability and change across biomes. The aim of this study is to ascertain the livelihoods impacts of forest carbon protection within the context of REDD+ in Cross River State, Nigeria. Six forest communities were chosen across three agroecological zones of the State. Anchored on the Sustainable Livelihood Framework, a set of questionnaires were administered to randomly picked households. The results indicate that more than half of the respondents aligned with financial payment and more natural resources as the perceived benefits of carbon protection. More so, a multinomial logistic regression showed that income was the main factor that influenced respondent’s support for forest carbon protection. Analysis of income trends from the ‘big seven’ non-timber forest resources in the region showed increase in Gnetum africanum, Bushmeat, Irvingia gabonensis, Garcinia kola, while carpolobia spp., Randia and rattan cane revealed declining income since inception of REDD+. The recorded increase in household income was attributed to a ban in logging. It is recommended that the forest communities should be more heavily involved in the subsequent phases of the project implementation to avoid carbon leakages.

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“…There is an impreciseness in the conceptualization of political corruption (Amundsen, 2019;Heywood, 1997). There is tendency in the literature to use political corruption in the context that portrays it as interchangeable with administrative or bureaucratic corruption (Igiebor, 2019). A point that Amundsen (2019) has made in connection with this interchangeable usage is the mutually reinforcing relationship between political and bureaucratic corruption.…”

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“…The deviation from these laid-down procedures and sources is what constitutes political corruption. Although the concept of political corruption is too wide as scholars have stretched it to incorporate all forms of corruption in the political realm, including administrative or bureaucratic corruption (Amundsen, 2019;Igiebor, 2019), it is distinct from other forms of corruption. Political corruption takes place in the political sphere of governance and in the course of exercising public authority.…”

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“…Political corruption takes place in the political sphere of governance and in the course of exercising public authority. It involves the abuse of entrusted power by political leaders and elected officials through engaging in corrupt practices for private gain (Igiebor, 2019). Amundsen (2019) has made a distinction of political corruption into "extractive" and "power-preserving" corruption.…”

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Has anything changed with illegitimate electoral financing and political power contestation in Nigeria?

Nwozor

Oshewolo

Ifejika

et al. 2021

Cogent Social Sciences

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This paper examines the monetization of politics through the manipulation of the loopholes in the electoral funding architecture of Nigeria. It evaluates whether the ceiling placed on individual and group donations to candidates and political parties by Nigeria's Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) was adhered to in mobilizing election funds in recent presidential elections. In other words, this paper investigates whether election funding in Nigeria's recent elections followed the prescribed protocols as indicated in the Electoral Act and the extent to which adherence or otherwise contributed to the monetization of the electoral contests and its implication for electoral integrity. Using data generated from key informant interviews and qualitatively analyzed in the tradition of logical inductive method, ABOUT THE AUTHORS Agaptus Nwozor teaches Political Science and International Relations at Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Nigeria. His major research and teaching interests span the entire spectrum of democratization and development studies.

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Political Corruption in Nigeria: Implications for Economic Development in the Fourth Republic

Cited by 31 publications

References 13 publications

Remittances and corruption in Nigeria

Remittances and corruption in Nigeria

Livelihood Impacts of Forest Carbon Protection in the Context of Redd+ in Cross River State, Southeast Nigeria

Has anything changed with illegitimate electoral financing and political power contestation in Nigeria?

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