IJPSD

ISSN: 2360-784X

 International Journal of Political Science and Development
 

International Journal of Political Science and Development

Vol. 7(10), pp. 307-313, December, 2019. 

DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2019.075

ISSN: 2360-784X

Review

CORRUPTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: IMPLICATIONS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

¹Ahmad Salisu Abdullahi, ²Ibrahim Idris, ³Zaitun Sunusi Bakabe and ⁴Jamilu Ibrahim Mukhtar

¹Department of Social Sciences, Aminu Kano College of Legal and Islamic Studies, Kano, Nigeria.

E-mail: ahmadskazaure1@gmail.com +2348097225355

²Department of Economics, Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare.

E-mail: ibrahimidris02@yahoo.com +2348035573716

³Department of Economics, Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria.

E-mail: zaitunsunusi@gmail.com +2348069526706

⁴Department of Sociology, Federal University Dutse, PMB 7156, Dutse, Jigawa State, Nigeria.

Corresponding author’s E-mail: jimukhtar01@gmail.com +2347033115873

Accepted 11 December 2019

The objective of this article to investigate the implications of corruption on sustainable development in developing countries, Nigeria as a reference State. The study adopted desk/literature review, using secondary data. Two theories have been adopted: functionalist approach and dysfunctionality of state theory. The proponents of the functionalist approach are modernisation scholars who made attempt, not to justify corruption, but to prove that corruption facilitates economic growth in some developing countries. In contrast, the dysfunctionality of state theory posits that subversive appropriation of the bureaucracy by ethnic and tribal networks in the developing countries stemmed from colonial experience. The finding of the study indicates that corruption and (sustainable)development are complex terms, but corruption is inimical to sustainable development, because the latter denotes multifaceted progress in many aspects of human societies over time, while the former involves a variety of deleterious effects on all aspects of human lives. The article concludes that the journey to sustainable development is difficult if corruption is regarded as a norm in developing countries. To overcome the menace of corruption, the article recommends the need for code of conduct, preventive measures, formalised policies and procedures, conducting awareness training, etc.

Keywords: Corruption in Nigeria, Implications of Corruption, Sustainable development.

Cite this article as: Abdullahi, AS., Idris I., Bakabe, ZS., Mukhtar, JI (2019). CORRUPTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: IMPLICATIONS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA. Int. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 7(10) 307-313