Model for Curbing Corruption in Nigeria in the 21st Century

This paper focused on Model for Curbing Corruption in Nigeria in the 21st Century. The paper looked at the meaning of corruption, nature of corruption in Nigeria, forms of corruption, effects of corruption and causes of corruption. The authors considered Utilitarian-Hedonistic Theory of corruption as relevant theory for the study. It was discovered that corruption is seen in all spheres of life in developing countries of the world. Corruption affects negatively the quality of product and services of any organization. The paper is of the opinion that management of corruption can be based on the following model: accountability, transparency, compliance to standard, punishment, use of guarantors, corruption trials, prevention mechanism, judicial proceedings bottleneck, banishment, citizen education and curriculum development. It was recommended that corporate business community must be involved in the fight against corruption in organization, workers in the organization should be trained or educated on the evils of corruption, corruption detection and deterrence; the traditional means of corruption management such as oath-taking in the shrine; banishment and use of guarantor should be re-emphasized and amplified; corrupt practices and trials should be straight-forward without any form of corrupt proceeding or sentiment; Curriculum developers should enshrine corruption in the school curriculum to specify dangers and management of corruption.