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CORRUPTION, POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE CHALLENGES OF GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This paper examines the issues of corruption, political accountability and the challenges of governance with emphasis on the fourth republic of Nigeria that is 1999 – 2016. This study examines the nature and character of Nigerian State vis-à-vis her politics, corruption and governance. It examines the possible causes of corruption, how it has permeated the Nigeria society. The data for the paper were analysis derived from the available secondary data. The paper recognizes the nexus between corruption and crisis of governance in Nigeria. The paper acknowledged that, democratic practice in the last sixteen years due to corruption has failed to deliver the dividend of democracy solely based on good governance and national development. The paper concludes that previous efforts by various governments to tackle the menace of corruption were superficial and fraught in nature. The paper therefore concludes and recommends that the political and economic elites, the Nigeria society and government must embrace democratic practice, political accountability, transparency in service and good ethicsoriented principle as measures to curb the menace of corruption and the challenges it pose to socio-economic and democratic development in Nigeria.
Keywords: Nigeria, Prebendal Politics, Corruption Political Accountability, Governance.