• The Corruption And Insecurity In Nigeria: A Fight Against It

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    • 1.3   PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:
              With this rhetorical question the researcher deems it imperative to delve on this topic “Corruption and insecurity in Nigeria, a fight against it. Every work must have its objectives in order to maintain a meaningful sense of direction, thus the following are the objective of this research work;
      1.          To examine the causes of corruption and insecurity in Nigeria.
      2.          To examine how corruption and insecurity hinders the growth of our society
      3.          To examine the weakness of the institution set out to fight corruption
      4.          To make recommendation, that will help in ameliorating the problem of corruption and insecurity in Nigeria.  
      1.4   SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY:
      ·                    This research work is designed to know the eminent causes of corruption and insecurity and the best strategies to curb them.
      ·                    It will equally enlighten the general public on the negative effect of corruption and insecurity on the economy.
      ·                    It will serve as a reference material for further academic research work
      ·                    It will equally create an enabling environment for EFCC to fight corruption.
      1.5   RESEARCH QUESTION:
      1)     Is poverty a contributing factor to insecurity in Nigeria?
      2)     Does corruption leads to insecurity?
      3)     Does tribalism and nepotism contributed to insecurity in Nigeria
      4)     Is EFCC successful in combating corruption?
      5)     Is greedy a contributing factor to corruption in Nigeria.
      1.6   SCOPE OF THE STUDY:
      This study focused on the corruption and insecurity in Nigeria. A fight against it: a study of economic and financial crime commission (EFCC).
      1.7   LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY:
              The researcher faced several obstacles, hitches, hindrances at the cause of this research work which incapacitated him from carrying out a thorough job. These limitations range from insufficient fund, time tag, refusal by some of the staff of EFCC to give a necessary information.
      1.8   DEFINITION OF TERMS:
              It is important to conceptualize the meaning of the key words used in this work as it will obviously facilitate the appreciation of this work of research.
      EFCC:              Economic and financial crime commission
      CORRUPTION: Corruption is the diversion of resources for the betterment of the community to the gain of individual at the expense of the community
      PROSECUTION: This is the process of trying to prove in a court of law that somebody is guilty of a crime.
      CONVICTION: This is the act of finding somebody guilty of crime in a court of law.
      MANIPULATION: This is the process of influencing somebody, often in a dishonest way so that they do not realize it.
      INSECURITY: This is the breach of peace and security, whether historical, religions, ethno-regional, civil, social, economical and political that have contributed to recurring conflict.
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