Although Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, is richly endowed in human and material resources, the country is woefully lagging behind in social, economic and political development with over 70 percent of its citizens living below the poverty line. Billions of dollars are generated...

Corruption as a “monster” subverts public institutions and their capacity to perform their assigned tasks efficiently, thereby damaging the substantive interest and endangering the lives of citizens whom these institutions are meant to serve. This indicates that the higher the propensity and...