LEADERSHIP AND COURRPTION IN NIGERIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT (A CASE OF ORJI RIVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT)

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LEADERSHIP AND COURRPTION IN NIGERIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT (A CASE OF ORJI RIVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT)

 

Abstract

The issue of corruption has remained ever present and continue to grow deep into the fabric of the Nigerian society, most especially as corruption has been ingrained into the fabrics of the Nigerian society, it cannot be solved overnight because the leaders as well as the followers are corrupt. In light of the above and in recognition of the damage done by the scourge, this work aims at instituting a critical enquiry into the issue of corruption and the nature of leadership in public service. This research is divided into five chapters, which will be examined one after the other. Chapter one deals with the introduction of the study. Chapter two literatures Review and perception of eminent scholars and meaningful thinkers. Chapter three treated the research methodology and design while chapter four dealt on data presentation and analysis and in chapter five, conclusion and Recommendations were made.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page i

Approval Page ii

Dedication iii

Acknowledgement iv

Abstract v

Table of content vi

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 Introduction 1

Background of the Study 1
Statement of the Problem 5
Objectives of the Study 6
research Question 7
Significance of the Study 8
Scope of the study 9
Limitation of study 9
Definition of Term 10
CHAPTER TWO

2.0 Literature Review 12

2.1 Introduction 12

2.2 Review of other relate literatures 13

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 Research Design and methodology 32

3.1 Introduction 32

3.2 Research design 32

3.3 Source/methods of data collection 33

3.4 Population and sample size 34

3.5 Simply technique 36

3.6 Validity and reliability of measuring instrument 36

3.7 method of data analysis 38

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 Presentation and analysis of data 38

4.1 Introduction 38

4.2 Presentation data 38

4.3 Analysis of data 53

4.4 Interpretation of result 58

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 60

5.1 Summary Conclusion 60

5.2 Summary of findings 60

5.3 Conclusion 61

5.4 Recommendations 63

References 65

Appendix

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

For every local government to be active every stated goals and objective by ensuring the safety and provision of basic amenities to the community, there must be the existence of good leader and corruption should be eschewed.

Leadership is a process where one person extents social influence over the members of the group and a good leader is one who is capable of persuading others to move enthusiastically towards the achievement of group goals.

Furthermore, leadership and corruption has almost all our local government and the only way to stop this is for our leaders to abstain them selves from corruption practices or anything that will jeopardize their job.

In Oji River, their leadership rest on the arms of the local government chairman and councilors from different wards that make up the local government. However, local government is the last tier of the government that is nearest to the people. It is the level of government that is responsible for the local administration. In this case of Oji River local government, this local government was created in the year 1976 by the federal military government of Nigeria as local governments under old Anambra State will successive military change of power and creation of state, Oji- River became a local government under Enugu State. The communities that make up the local government Area as follows.

Achi
ii Inyi

iii Ugwuoba

iv Akpugeze

v Nachi

vi Awlaw

The leadership of Oji –River local government area rest on the arm of the local government chairman and host of councilors representing different words and communities of the local government.

In Nigeria, local government system has been engulfed in corruption. Everybody seems not to be left behind in this dastardly act. According to oxford advanced learners Dictionary of current English corruption means to decay, to be depleting, rot to waste away and to lose dignity and integrity it is a denial of justices, fairness and goodwill. As a concept that negates all virtues and principle of life, it stresses more on deprivation of the right of the citizen hence anti-developmental human society. According to Clark (1995:142), corruption is defined as inducement of means of improper consideration to commit a violation of duty, an inducement of cash or kind to secure service or goods from public officials or their agent through illegitimate or unlawful or irregular means? As a matter of fact, a corruption generally includes the misuse of authority as a result of concessarity be monetary.

Local government which is the government at grassroots level is designed and established to provide essential services and development project to the wished of the local people, but these objective seem to have defeated, because of corruption of bother the leader and their suborder warm, called corruption has made it difficult and derived from the local government administration some local communities and families see local government council to be their oil wells and birth right, thus they divert the funs of the councils to their private use without being questioned. It has be proved beyond reasonable that militate against the effective performance of local government areas in Nigeria and Oji-River Local Government Area is not an exception. The effects of this corruption abounds, it breeds political intolerance between the leader (local government chairman and their councilors) and their subordinates (masses). This therefore alienates the leaders from the entire public masses, thus give room for political intolerance, missus and aggression. In the same vein corruption depletes the human and material resources of the local government area and equally make development and growth to be a night mare. Corruption calls for embezzlement, bribery and avarice greed of leaders (officials) among other prevalent vices remains rampant in the local government areas, thus accounts for the glaring inadequacies of public utilities, under development of local communities, poverty and various cycle of retrogression that has pervades local government administration in Nigeria.

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

Local government are set for the purpose of brining government nearer to the people as well as provision of basic amenities to the community dwellers, others may includes cordial relationship between the community dwellers and near by communities and to improve public perception. Several problem has been encountered by the Oji-River local Government in ENUGU State which where as follows,

1: Inability of the leader to render useful services to the people of the local government has resulted to be bad leadership in Oji-River local government area.

Corruption has become the order of the day as a result of bad leadership in Oji-River local government area.
Bad leadership has resulted to lack of basic amenities in Oji- River local government area.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

 

LEADERSHIP AND COURRPTION IN NIGERIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT (A CASE OF ORJI RIVER LOCAL GOVERNMENT)

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