Impact Of Corruption On The Socio-economic Development

Impact Of Corruption On The Socio-economic Development

The study examined the Impact of Corruption on the Socio- profitable Development in Akwa Ibom State, with specific attention on Ikot Ekpene original Government Area. To achieve the stated ideal, the study espoused a descriptive and check design system and therefore, data were collected from both the primary and secondary source. The suppositions of the study were subordinated to statistical test using the ki – square tool and anatomized within the limit of available literature. Findings revealed and among others, that corruption has a negative Impact on Socioeconomic development in Ikot Ekpene original Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. That embezzlement of public finances by the directors or officers of the council impedes the allocation of scarce coffers( social amenities) in Ikot Ekpene original government area which doesn’t allow for a commensurable development substantiation to justify the huge disbursement from the Federal allocations. It was recommended among others, that officers of the original government Council caught in the act of Corruption should be tried in the court of competent governance and if set up shamefaced, similar officers should be jugged and their accounts or means firmed by the government to serve as interference to others. finances handed to original government for Socio- profitable development should be covered effectively to avoid reckless use of council’s coffers in unhappy, extravagant purposes and reckless abused of cash advance, negative to the fiscal regulations of the council. This can be achieved through buttressing the auditing unit of the council with people of high integrity.

CHAPTER ONE

preface

One of the major heads defying the world moment and has greatly undermined or perverted the fruition of the systems of development, republic, mortal right and so on, is the burning issue of corruption. In numerous countries, the miracle of corruption has assumed an unknown front burner in National converse in terms of its study, discussion, analysis, explanation, impact and so on. easily, corruption has gained recognition as a multidimensional( profitable, political, social, regulatory etc), all- encompassing miracle with multiple incarnation and

consequences( instability, abuse of mortal rights, ethnical conflicts, capital flight, poverty and enormous wealth inequality etc) upon the entire humanity.

Generally, corruption is seen as a bothering sour of grand proportion that has deeply weakened the socio- profitable and political fabric of the society.

The fact remains that, it has been linked as an wrong that needs elimination. To this end, a lot of attention has been drawn and sweats made by colorful experts, public directors, political scientists, groups, associations and institutions, as well as transnational bodies to duly diagnose and understand it, in order to achieve the ideal of abridging, indeed barring or precluding the wrong. therefore, the most intractable and disquieting dimension of corruption is acting inactively, adaptability or rapid-fire speed.

still, also in Ikot Ekpene original government area, it could be said that the vice marks a new time in its prevalence as well as impact which further than away has proven to be more dangerous, If corruption is global miracle. The point is made that the development process in Ikot Ekpene original Government Area has in the history and still continue to be undermined by loose practices to such an extent that the very actuality and unborn viability of ikot Ekpene original government area are at threat.

In fact, there’s no gain saying the fact that the multifaceted heads( cultism, instability, nepotism severance etc) in Ikot Ekpene original government is the logical result of the deeper extremity of ethical confirmation executed in loose practices.

The issue of corruption has beenover-flogged by scholars, academias and the general crowd and has at colorful occasion recommended result to check the imminence. The fact is that the result on how to check corruption isn’t too delicate to figure. The problem lies on the lack of audacious attempt by leaders to check corruption. each over the country, forums and colloquies are being held in order to “ figure out a result to check corruption “. still, the factual fact is that they( the political elites at all helm of affairs of governance) know the factual problem persecuting the country. With the emergence of a new government in the time 2015, numerous Nigerians were having great faith that corruption in the country will be minimized. In that time, power left the hands of People’s Democratic Party( PDP) to All Progressive Congress( APC). One of the crusade pledges made by the present President Muhammadu Buhari was the “ massive eradication of corruption in the country ”. Irrespective of the crusade pledges, Nigeria ranked low in translucency and high in corruption in that time. In the time 2015, out of the 168 countries surveyed, Nigeria was seen at the bottom of the table in the order of number 136( translucency purposeful 2015). This implies that Nigeria was the 32nd most loose country in the world in 2015.

In the midst of all the beaches of corruption, it can be said that the political corruption predominates. This area of issue constitute the implicit issue of study. therefore is because those at all helm of the affairs of government, the political elites accounts for the sharing and allocation of values in the society. This misallocation of values and coffers feel to be at the heart of citizen’s socio- profitable problems upon which multidimensional social vices Ikot Ekpene original government passes through, similar as the recent cultism clashes that redounded to killings and road to Street arm resilient.

utmost times, it’s ineluctable to ask if any anybody can be vindicated from loose Practices. In every strata of the society and in every sector of the frugality, corruption exists. Hence, the key lies on the need for audacious sweats to be taken in order to break the problem of corruption formerly and for all.

translucency International( TI) describes Nigeria as one of the most loose countries in the world( translucency International 2015). This is owing to the fact that despite the great profitable eventuality of the country and her rich mortal and natural coffers, the tip of this is being enjoyed by a privileged many( loose elites) and the result of this is socio- profitable underdevelopment.

It’s on this note that the experimenter focuses to examine the impact of corruption as it affects the socio- profitable development of Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria.

The main problem of the study is to examine the impact of corruption as it affects the socio- profitable development in Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria.

It has been observed that the original government which is known to be veritable instrument for socio- profitable and pastoral development can no longer perform their statutory functions despite the high allocations entered from government. This explains why introductory social amenities and infrastructural installations similar as pipe- borne water, electricity, good roads, health care services and education are still lacking in utmost part of the pastoral areas as Ikot Ekpene community where maturity of the polulace live.

Also, the unsupportable situation at the pastoral areas( Adatak vill, Ikot udo oboro, mbiaso, Amayam, Ikot atasung etc) made youths to keep moving to civic metropolises where they will enjoy these installations that are lacking at the pastoral areas thereby compounding the extent of social problems in the civic metropolises.

Accordingly, numerous scholars attempts to explain why original government which is known as the agent of socio- profitable development in Nigeria aren’t living up to their prospects. In his view, ugwu( 2001), attributed the problem of original government administration in Nigeria to political and regulatory corruption which frequently takes the forms of affectation of contract numbers, indecorous remittance of internally generated earnings( IGR ‟ s), ghost workers pattern, contract awards and their posterior abandonment; payment of huge sum of plutocrat to political godfathers, embezzlement and

misappropriation of public finances.

Others observed that utmost public office holders in Nigeria especially at the original government position, their interest in politics isn’t to serve the public but to amass wealth for themselves through award of high contracts and reckless abuse of cash advances contrary to the fiscal regulations of the councils.

The consequences of these acts has been total instability, poor profitable operation, abuse of mortal rights, ethnical conflicts, capital flight, poverty and the enormous wealth inequality. In Ikot Ekpene original government area, this is deeply embedded in political corruption, it has remained a major challenge against Ikot Ekpene’s lack of perceptible socio- profitable development especially in the pastoral communities given it rich talent in both mortal and natural coffers.

It’s against this background, the experimenter embarked on this study to probe the main problems affecting the performance of Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state. The study will also consider the causes and goods of corruption as it affects socio- profitable development in the study area and suggest what could be done to check loose practices in the council area of study.

What are the causes and goods of corruption as it affects socio- profitable development in Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state?

Does embezzlement of finances affects the performance of Ikot Ekpene original government administration?

Are the directors diverting the attention of development at the original position of governance in Ikot Ekpene?

What are the stylish ways of mollifying the problem and goods of corruption in Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state?

This study has the following objects

To examine the impact of corruption as it affects the socio- profitable development of Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state,

Nigeria.

To Identify the main causes of corruption in Nigeria especially at the original government position of governance.

To identify the impact of corruption as it affects socio- profitable development at the original government area as Ikot Ekpene community.

To identify measures to be espoused in diving corruptions in the original government system of administration in Nigeria.

Ho There’s no significant relationship between corruption and socioeconomic underdevelopment in Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria.

Ho There’s no significant relationship between embezzlement of finances and allocation of scarce coffers in Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria.

Ho The attention of development isn’t diverted by the directors at the original position of governance in Ikot Ekpene

The study has the following significance

The findings of the study will be useful to policy makers, scholars of political wisdom and public administration, policy executive studies, unborn experimenters as well as the immediate devisee of this study which is the Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state.

The study is significant because it reveals the colorful types and causes as well as negative impact of corruption as it affects socio- profitable development in Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state.

The study is significant because it acts as a reference for unborn experimenters in the area of corruption in original government in Nigeria.

It helps to increase the compass of our knowledge and extant literature on the affiliated issues under disquisition.

The study is significant as its findings will help to identify the applicable measures of bridling this social problem in the administration of original government System in Nigeria.

The compass of this study is concentrated on the impact of corruption as it affects the socio- profitable development in Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria.

Also, the delimitations of the study are as follows

Shy Backing The experimenter had no plutocrat to reference for qualitative acceptable data needed for the study, as it fell at a time when the price of energy was at all time high which made mobility, codifying, publishing and connecting to the Internet veritably precious

Time Constraint Time Factor was another problem faced by the experimenter of this study. The experimenter was running between the lecture halls and libraries to source for accoutrements for the completion of the study on time for submission.

Some of the repliers at Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area where the exploration instrument( Questionnaire) was administered were unintentional to tick my questionnaire but this was overcome by abidance and my patient explanation that the study was substantially for exploration purposes and all their responses shall be treated with maximum confidentiality.

still, the study was successfully done because of the mettle which the experimenter had, to go the redundant afar in getting as important support both in moral and material.

In this study, the following generalities will be defined for abstract

interpretations

Corruption Corruption or loose is a kind of geste that involves the violation of established rules for particular gain and profit. Put else, it’s an trouble to secure wealth or power through illegal means – private gain at public expenditure or abuse of public power or finances for private benefits( lipset, 2000). in this study, corruption is the diverting or stealing of original government finances whether it’s internally generated earnings or statutory allocations which is meant for the provision of social amenities and infrastructural installations for socio- profitable development of the pastoral areas.

Socio- Economic Development Socio- profitable development in this, means the provision( vacuity) of introductory social amenities and infrastructural installations similar as pipe- borne water, electricity, good roads, health care services, education, recreational centers etc at the pastoral areas as Ikot Ekpene community for the purpose of stimulating socio- profitable development of the areas.

Impact Impact as it relates to the study simply means the effect or how the negative impact of corruption affects socio- profitable development of Ikot Ekpene original government area of Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria.

This study is organized into five chapters. The chapter one of the study deals with the preface which covers the background to the study, the problem of the study, the exploration objects and thesis as well as the significance, compass, delimitations of the study and the description of generalities for abstract interpretations. The chapter two of the study is concentrated on the literature review and theoretical frame. The third chapter discusses the exploration design, area of the study, population and slice ways, styles of data collection as well as system of data analysis. The chapter four of the study is concerned with data donation, analysis and discussion of findings. The chapter five is the summary, conclusion and recommendations.