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Culture, Corruption, and Anticorruption Struggles in Nigeria

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  • Oluwaseun Bamidele

    (Institute of Peace, Security and Governance, Ekiti State University)

  • Azeez O. Olaniyan

    (Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti)

  • Bonnie Ayodele

    (Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti)

Abstract

Most commentators on political and development crises in Nigeria have identified corruption as the prime factor. A number of factors have been adduced as responsible for the prevalence of corruption in the country. However, the aspect of culture is yet to be adequately captured. Yet, the place of culture in the high incidence of corruption as well as the constraints to its entrenchment cannot be underestimated. While the culture of the people abhors corruption, yet, we have various instances where culture has been invoked to support corrupt practices as well as fight against it. This article seeks to focus the angle of cultural dimension to the issue of corruption in Nigeria. It seeks to explain how culture has contributed to the menace of corruption and how it can be invoked for its extermination. In essence, it looks beyond the formal to the informal angle in the issue of corruption discourse in Nigeria.

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  • Oluwaseun Bamidele & Azeez O. Olaniyan & Bonnie Ayodele, 2016. "Culture, Corruption, and Anticorruption Struggles in Nigeria," Journal of Developing Societies, , vol. 32(2), pages 103-129, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jodeso:v:32:y:2016:i:2:p:103-129
    DOI: 10.1177/0169796X15610015
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    1. Babatunde Akanji, 2017. "The Relationship between Culture and Corruption in Nigeria – Prospecting Culture Change in Dealing with this ‘Big Black Hole’," Romanian Economic Journal, Department of International Business and Economics from the Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, vol. 20(63), pages 3-18, March.

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