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Effect of Bureaucratic Corruption and Lack of Public Accountability on Grassroots Transformation in Nigeria
Abstract
Accountability is one of the most important ethical values that are required of all bureaucrats. Public confidence in most of the bureaucrats in Nigeria is low and they are often objects of derision, presented as greedy and corrupt. This paper seeks to identify the effect of bureaucratic corruption and lack of public accountability on grassroots transformation in Nigeria. The paper finds among others that bureaucratic corruption and lack of public accountability has negative effect on the effective grassroots transformation in Nigeria. It then concludes that a reduction in the level of bureaucratic corruption in Nigeria will lead to a corresponding increase in public accountability by the public servants thereby boosting grassroots development. The paper recommends that Nigerian bureaucracies should be modified to accommodate the influx of change in ideas, culture and values, and adapt to new situations or changing circumstances. Again, grassroots transformation will be enhanced through proper accountability if the immunity clause in the constitution is removed for both the bureaucrats and political class in Nigerian.
