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Impact Of Corruption On The Socio-economic Development
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This study has the following objectives:
To
examine the impact of corruption as it affects the socio-economic
development of Ikot Ekpene local government area of Akwa Ibom state,
Nigeria.
To Identify the main causes of corruption in Nigeria especially at the local government level of governance.
To
identify the impact of corruption as it affects socio-economic
development at the local government area as Ikot Ekpene community.
To identify measures to be adopted in tackling corruptions in the local government system of administration in Nigeria.
Ho:
There is no significant relationship between corruption and
socioeconomic underdevelopment in Ikot Ekpene local government area of
Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria.
Ho: There is no significant relationship
between embezzlement of funds and allocation of scarce resources in Ikot
Ekpene local government area of Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria.
Ho: The attention of development is not diverted by the administrators at the local level of governance in Ikot Ekpene
The study has the following significance:
The
findings of the study will be useful to policy makers, students of
political science and public administration, policy administrative
studies, future researchers as well as the immediate beneficiary of this
study which is the Ikot Ekpene local government area of Akwa Ibom
state.
The study is significant because it reveals the various types
and causes as well as negative impact of corruption as it affects
socio-economic development in Ikot Ekpene local government area of Akwa
Ibom state.
The study is significant because it acts as a reference
for future researchers in the area of corruption in local government in
Nigeria.
It helps to increase the scope of our knowledge and extant literature on the related issues under investigation.
The
study is significant as its findings will help to identify the
appropriate measures of curbing this social problem in the
administration of local government System in Nigeria.
The scope of
this study is focused on the impact of corruption as it affects the
socio-economic development in Ikot Ekpene local government area of Akwa
Ibom state, Nigeria.
Also, the delimitations of the study are as follows :
Inadequate
Funding: The researcher had no money to source for qualitative adequate
data required for the study, as it fell at a time when the price of
fuel was at all time high which made mobility, typing, printing and
connecting to the Internet very expensive
Time Constraint: Time
Factor was another problem faced by the researcher of this study. The
researcher was running between the lecture halls and libraries to source
for materials for the completion of the study on time for submission.
Some
of the respondents at Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area where the
research instrument (Questionnaire) was administered were unwilling to
tick my questionnaire but this was overcome by endurance and my
persistent explanation that the study was mainly for research purposes
and all their responses shall be treated with maximum confidentiality.
However,
the study was successfully done because of the mettle which the
researcher had, to go the extra mile in getting as much support both in
moral and material.
In this study, the following concepts will be defined for conceptual
clarifications:
Corruption:
Corruption or corrupt is a kind of behavior that involves the violation
of established rules for personal gain and profit. Put differently, it
is an effort to secure wealth or power through illegal means – private
gain at public expense or misuse of public power or funds for private
benefits (lipset, 2000).in this study, corruption is the diverting or
stealing of local government funds whether it is internally generated
revenues or statutory allocations which is meant for the provision of
social amenities and infrastructural facilities for socio-economic
development of the rural areas.
Socio-Economic Development:
Socio-economic development in this, means the provision (availability)
of basic social amenities and infrastructural facilities such as
pipe-borne water, electricity, good roads, health care services,
education, recreational centers etc at the rural areas as Ikot Ekpene
community for the purpose of stimulating socio-economic development of
the areas.
Impact: Impact as it relates to the study simply means
the effect or how the negative impact of corruption affects
socio-economic development of Ikot Ekpene local government area of Akwa
Ibom state, Nigeria.
This study is organized into five chapters. The
chapter one of the study deals with the introduction which covers the
background to the study, the problem of the study, the research
objectives and hypothesis as well as the significance, scope,
delimitations of the study and the definition of concepts for conceptual
clarifications. The chapter two of the study is focused on the
literature review and theoretical framework. The third chapter discusses
the research design, area of the study, population and sampling
techniques, methods of data collection as well as method of data
analysis. The chapter four of the study is concerned with data
presentation, analysis and discussion of findings. The chapter five is
the summary, conclusion and recommendations.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examined the Impact of Corruption on the Socio-economic Development in Akwa Ibom State, with specific attention on Ikot Ekpene local Government Area. To achieve the stated objective, the study adopted a descriptive and survey design method and thus, data were collected from both the primary and secondary source. The hypotheses of the study were subjected to statistical test using the chi – square tool and analyzed within the limit of available literature. Findings revealed and a ... Continue reading---
