ABSTRACT
This study focused on How Works in the Ekeremor Local Area Since it Creation. The study is essentially concerned that corruption has become the talk of the day.
The of corruption is quite overwhelming as infrastructural has become a theoretical on the aims of local government establishment.
Poverty in the rural areas is no more news but a reality, where few privileged personnel used the opportunity to enrich themselves and their relatives. Worst still, pervasion of public materials and funds to private accounts is no longer a crime but a privilege for self enrichment.
The study also intended to unveil the causes, structure, forms, implications of corruption and possible mechanism for curbing it entirely. By so doing, it is hoped that it might help in reassessing, redirection as well as reorientation of the minds of both the entire people and the officials towards becoming a better Nigerians.
The study centered on Marxian political paradigm; that argues that corruption is a consequence of peripheral capitalist development system rather than people’s consciousness determining their well-being, it is the way society organizes production and exchange of goods and services that determine their material conditions.
The study applied primary and secondary method of data collection and the descriptive method of data analysis. Based on these, we recommended the following: reintroduction of ethics and civics into the curriculum, a need for community/police relations and exposure of corrupt officers and practices.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page – – – – – – – – – i
Approval Page – – – – – – – – ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – – iii
Acknowledgement – – – – – – – – iv
Abstract – – – – – – – – – v
Table of Contents – – – – – – – – vi
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study – – – – – – 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem – – – – – – 3
1.3 Objectives of the Study – – – – – – 6
1.4 Significance of the Study – – – – – – 6
1.5 Scope of the Study – – – – – – – 7
1.6 Literature Review – – – – – – – 7
1.7 Theoretical Framework – – – – – – 18
1.8 Hypotheses – – – – – – – – 21
1.9 Methodology/Data Collection and Analysis – – – – 21
1.9.1 Data Collection – – – – – – – 21
1.9.2 Data Analysis – – – – – – – – 22
1.10 Operational Definitions – – – – – – 22
Bibliography – – – – – – – 23-24
CHAPTER TWO: GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF THE EKEREMOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
2.1 The History of Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State – 27
Bibliography – – – – – – – – 40-41
CHAPTER THREE: THE STRUCTURE, FORMS, AND IMPLICATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN THE EKEREMOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
3.1 The Structure of Corruption – – – – – – 42
3.2 The Forms of Corruption in Ekeremor Local Government – – 49
3.3 The Implication of Corruption in Ekeremor Local Government Area – 50-57
Bibliography – – – – – – – – 58
CHAPTER FOUR: POSSIBLE MECHANISM FOR FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN THE EKEREMOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
Bibliography – – – – – – – – 75
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Conclusion – – – – – – – – 76
5.2 Recommendation – – – – – – – 78
Bibliography – – – – – – – – 83-84
Bibliography – – – – – – – – 85-89
INTRODUCTION
Basically, the trend of corruption in the various governmental establishments especially in the Ekeremor Local Government Area since its creation in Bayelsa state has generated a lot of concern to the people of its area also the wider society at large.
Since the introduction of Native Authority by the British Administration in Nigeria, corruption in all ramifications has been on the increase. Corruption in local government administration is a topical issue that cannot be fully comprehended without a clearer understanding of its origin.
This is because its existence has caused a lot of havoc to the entire people. Corruption with it alarming rate is also traceable to the pre-colonial slave trade era, the obnoxious slave trade was a form of corruption because it climaxed the European exploitation of Nigeria labour force and constituted the agents of destruction and inefficiency within the local government administration.
Ekeremor local government council was created in the 1st of October 1991 out of the old Sagbama local government area from the then Rivers state under Ibrahim Babangida military regime that had official pronouncement on its establishment legally.
But because of corruption most of the aims of creating the local government councils have not been achieved. Many scholars observed that corruption is an obstacle in the smooth running of administrative business in governance.
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