Nigeria’s Governance Crisis: Economic Hardship, Unemployment, Insecurity, and Corruption

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ECONOMIC PRESSURES AND THE COST OF LIVING 

 Economically,Nigerians continue to grapple with a steep cost of living crisis.high food and general inflation have significantly eroded purchasing power,the job market remains heavily strained, with youth unemployment rates hovering at high levels and the majority of the working population surviving through informal,small scale enterprises.as a result,where young professionals and graduates emigrate abroad seeking better opportunities remains a defining feature of the current demographic landscape infrastructure and urban development 


FAILED GOVERNMENT 

The failure of government to meet up with their constitutional responsibilities especially when it comes to creating employment opportunities has become a challenge in Nigeria.people tend to refer to governance in Nigeria as being bad governance.

Governance is a structure and processes that are designed to ensure accountability, transparency,responsiveness,empowerment,rule of law,stability,equality,inclusiveness and broad base participation.these facts are lacking in Nigeria governance hence failed state.

 

CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA 

   Many factors accounted for the cause of unemployment in Nigeria.these factors as argued by this paper are bad governance, economy,insecurity, over reliance on white collar jobs and corruption.each of these factors is addressed below.

 

 BAD GOVERNANCE 

Bad governance as been a reflect of a general tendency of a public institution not being able to manage public affairs and public resources. 

 Africa performed well in early years of its independence,but failed its performance test past 1973 as the region is now characterized by low growth rates, declining,rising imports,and rapidly expanding external debts had many coups,civil unrest,ethnic violence,and corrruption alongside administrative inefficiency,and institutional ineptitude or outright failure and the governed have resulted in the violation of human rights,the rule of law and undermined the democratic talented and self less citizens,who would have contributed to the socioeconomic and political development of Nigeria have been killed. 

 

 INSECURITY 

The Nigerian state has experienced insecurity in many forms from kidnapping,banditry,and terrorism.killings in the south East when promoting their view points,academic and decision makers frequently focus on the nations economic weekness as the primary cause. Ignoring the causes,consequences,and solutions to this crucial issue.

 

This paper aims to show the various forms and effects and recommended remedies ti the insecurity problem in Nigeria extrapolating the analytical and explanatory tool of inter state warfare and using documentary sources of information.the paper argued that insecurity in Nigeria takes very forms such as terrorism,kidnapping,banditry,and killing in the southeast  

 

The effects of insecurity on economic growth and development governance.

Government should prioritize job creation for the youths and should establish industries to engage unemployment.

 

CORRUPTION 

Corruption is the misuse of entrusted power or a dishonest use of one’s or position for personal gain which has contributed to cripple the development efforts of Nigeria manifest in the form of misappropriation,bribery,embezzlement,tribalism,money laundering,outright looting of the treasuring.

In Nigeria most of the elected and appointive public office holders in corrupt practices 

 

 

Electoral corruption 

This refers to buying of votes with money, intimidation of a agent of opposition parties at the polling unit,obstructing the freedom of election and engaging in ballot snatching and stuffing it involves manipulation of voters register and all manner of electoral violence leading to killing and maiming of people it also involves multiple thumb printing on ballot papers, the announcement of votes in areas where votes were not cast.

 

Corruption in Nigeria is s range form under development,absence of basic infrastructure such as potable water,good road networks,lack  of national resources leading to massive poverty in leadership and cluelessness in professionalism,deficient leadership outputs,high unemployment and falling standard of education leading to production and low quality graduates 

Corruption has made students and products of the territary institutions suffer from loss of confidence and social value.it has lowered the image of academic and non academic well as governing.it has also drastically reduced the image of Nigeria.



Written by:

INARIA FEJIRO LIZANDA

(Department of English and Literary Studies , Delta State University, Abraka)


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