In an individuals life‚ 53 years is growth from a toddler through adolescence into adulthood and then maturity. This is the so-called jubilee’ at which success or progress is measured and celebrated. But for Nigeria as a country‚ it is not clear what we are celebrating; is it success‚ progress or maturity? Be that as it may I feel very strongly about the progress (or lack of it) so far recoded by the Country in the last 98 years‚ and I would rely mainly on my personal experiences in the last 50 years
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corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government‚ or ’political’‚ corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for his or her own personal gain. Being corrupted may be the easiest way-or indeed the only way-to get what they want. At times‚ a bribe may provide a convenient means of avoiding punishment. Many who observe that politicians
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unemployment‚ poverty‚ and poor public services has tremendously increased. Secondly they seem to have no solid evidence on how to measure the cost and benefits of an anticorruption agency. Although‚ they do not have a precise reliable measurement of corruption the institutions are created essentially because of public pressure and their obligation to anticorruption. In the anticorruption domain Eastern Europe has sustained a useful laboratory for over twenty
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Root of Greed Money is the fuel‚ the pursuits to the things we need like food‚ education‚ medicine‚ and our well-being. We as human beings want and desire those things which are far from our grips‚ but are only attainable with the exchange of money. In this case acquiring items like guns and other goods‚ the exchange is not of money‚ but humans. People do imaginable things to acquire it by lying‚ stealing‚ and even murder. The start of The story of slavery as a result of lust‚ greed‚ and
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literally means "utterly broken".[1] [edit]Different Scales Corruption can occur on many different scales. There is corruption that occurs as small favours between a small number of people (petty corruption)‚ while there is the corruption that affects the government on a large scale (grand corruption)‚ and corruption that is so prevalent that it is part of the every day structure of society (systemic corruption). [edit]Petty "Petty" corruption occurs at a smaller scale and occurs within established
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various quarters for a budget that has quadrupled in the last seven years to a government panting to meet deadlines‚ not to mention public inconvenience. While the Commonwealth Games haven’t even started‚ many are already looking forward to their end. The country no longer seems to be enjoying its status as the next Games venue‚ rather‚ worrying more about how the expenditure will burden a common man’s pocket. So‚ is hosting the event a waste of national money? Does India really need mega sports
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CAN NIGERIA ’S NASCENT DEMOCRACY SURVIVE? BY Emmanuel 0. Ojo (Ph.D) Department of Political Science University of Ilorin‚ Nigeria P. F. Adebayo (Ph.D) Lebanese Emigration Research Center‚ Notre Dame University‚ Lebanon ABSTRACT By May 2009‚ Nigeria ’s nascent democracy should have been a decade. Thus‚ the thrust of this paper is an in depth analysis of the possibility of sustaining democratic values beyond any sudden reversal. The. paper however‚ takes a cursory look at the daunting challenges
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TOWARDS A CORRUPTION FREE MALAYSIA Introduction Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It is damaging to a country because decisions are taken not for the public benefit but to serve private interests. Corruption undermines good governance‚ fundamentally distorts public policy‚ leads to misallocation of resources‚ and particularly hurts the poor. Controlling it is only possible with the cooperation of a wide range of stakeholders in the integrity system‚ including most importantly
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Larson flew to Kano‚ Nigeria‚ to begin a two-year term in an agricultural ministry in the Kano area. He returned to the United States in 1981 and enrolled in the Interdisciplinary track of Wheaton Graduate School. In June 1982 he returned to Nigeria under SIM‚ where he planned to complete his graduate degree while continuing mission work. In August 1984‚ Larson returned to Wheaton College Graduate School and received an M.A. in 1986. Larson established a joint venture in Nigeria in 1994‚ with local
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ECONOMY OF NIGERIA Nigeria is a middle income‚ mixed economy and emerging market‚ with expanding financial‚ service‚ communications‚ and entertainment sectors. It is ranked 30th in the world in terms of GDP (PPP) as of 2011‚ and its emergent‚ though currently underperforming manufacturing sector is the third-largest on the continent‚ producing a large proportion of goods and services for the West African region. Previously hindered by years of mismanagement‚ economic reforms of the past decade
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