Ethnicity, Economic Injustice and Problems of Massive Corruption: Correlates with lack of Good Governance in Nigeria

Abstract

The article is on ethnicity, economic injustice and the problem of massive corruption in explaining why good governance eludes Nigeria. The objective of the article is to contribute to existing literature on why good governance/democratic governance eludes the nation-state. It is already known by scholars although without mentioning, that some of the contending issues that are responsible for this are ethnicity, economic injustice and massive corruption as addressed in this paper. With the triumphant enthronement of democratic rule in 1999, Nigerians approached this century with a renewal of hope that would usher in good democratic governance, for the utmost goal of sustainable development. But the nation is yet trapped in ethnicity, economic injustice and the problem of corruption hereby aiding the reasons why good governance eludes the nation-state. This article, with particular focus on these contradictions, examines their negative impact on the nation’s attempt for good governance bearing in mind the undercurrent behind the elusion and the need to put in more efforts to curb ethnicity, economic injustice and massive corruption problems. The article concludes that unless these contradictions are seriously confronted, the state’s goal of achieving good governance may take time to be realized.