Corruption

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2013 in the subject History - Africa Federal University Dutsin-Ma course: HISTORY language: English abstract: Nigeria has been increasingly portrayed as a very corrupt nation state both internationally and locally. Although one is not implying that it is only Nigeria that suffers from this impasse. However the disturbing issue is that the case of Nigeria is so alarming that it threatens its national development. It is therefore the view of this paper to pry into reasons accounting for this ugly state of affairs with a view to arresting the situation. Consequently this paper in the final analysis proffers the solution for this ugly situation and the way forward for the country.Key words: National development Corruption Development political system and socio-economic sector.