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Ethical challenges and institutional corruption in Nigeria's civil service
2021, journal article
This paper discusses ethical challenges and institutional corruption in Nigeria civil service and relied on the premise of the classical bureaucratic theory as a theoretical direction. The theory upholds that bureaucratic organizations must have certain characteristics which inform its relationship within the organization/bureaucracy for results to be achieved. The paper argues that institutional corruption arises mainly as a result of ethical violation in the civil service. In Nigeria Civil Service today factors such as ethical, political learning, primordial interest and private considerations more often than not take precedence over competence and merit in employment process and promotions. These challenges leave the institution unsound, tainted and as such corrupt and little strength to produce result. The paper recommends the adoption of the French method of recruitment into the civil service as well as committed exercise in external ethical auditing in the Nigeria civil service.
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The bureaucracy is the linchpin of government administration. The processes of governance are executed through the bureaucratic machinery; hence, the necessity for ensuring the existence of functional and competent bureaucratic system is paramount for any government. Upon Nigeria's attainment of political independence from Britain in 1960, the political elites found Weberian bureaucratic model suitable for government administration. However, the effectiveness and efficiency of the system have been hampered by both sociallyconstructed attitudinal and behavioural patterns, and politically-motivated institutional constraints. The consequence is the low ethical standards in the institutional processes, structures and management of the bureaucracy. This development is directly connected with the manifest debased value of Nigeria's public space. The character of the value system impacts sufficiently on the bureaucratic system. In this regard, this article contends that negative societal values have been fed into the bureaucratic system, and have been deep enough to alter the positive direction the bureaucracy was positioned to tread. The article deploys the descriptive method to interrogate the actual and remote causes, and the manifest and latent consequences of the absence of ethical standards in Nigeria's bureaucratic system. In the final analysis, recommendations about social reorientation geared towards overhauling the bureaucratic system for the attainment of optimal performance for the benefits of government are proffered.
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