CORRUPTION AND THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY: AN EXEGESIS OF ISAIAH 1:21-26; THE WAY FORWARD

10 PAGES (4231 WORDS) Sociology Paper

Looking at the situation today, corruption has eaten deep into every fabric of the Nigerian society, it is a cancer that has paralyze every sectors of the nation’s economy, its manifestation, visibility and consequences are noted in the failure, non- performance and non-workability of the Nigerian state as a whole. The effect or consequences and indeed the negative impact of corruption in Nigeria is evident in the patronage politics and big money syndrome in the nation’s polity. Occasioned by abandonment and non- execution of several developmental and public oriented national projects and infrastructures nationwide. Hence, the negative impact of corruption in the Nigerian society cannot be quantify, measured or overemphasis, it is generally bad, destructive and unfortunates. Hence, it is reflected in the conduct, behavior, attitude of the people in the society.