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THE UGLY FACE OF CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA IS THERE A WAY OUT? IBD

MIDAS TOUCH GEMS
06 / 2023
9781088175347
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Corruption! Corruption!! Corruption!!! Wherever you turn people are talking about corruption.áCorruption is prevalent in society.áIt is seen in the high corridors of power, among the movers and shakers of society, it is present in business, it is also present among the so-called 'common' people.áWhat is corruption?áCorruption has been defined in many ways.áA simple definition given in the Oxford dictionary is, 'widespread moral deterioration.'áThe classic definition, followed by the World Bank and Transparency International, views corruption as 'the use of oneâÇÖs public position for illegitimate private gains.'áInformation International based in Lebanon adopted the following definition:á'Corruption is the behavior of private individuals or public officials who deviate from set responsibilities and use their position of power in order to serve private ends and secure private gains.' (Lebanon Anti-Corruption Initiative Report 1999).áThe UNâÇÖs Global Programme against Corruption definesáááááááááácorruption as the 'abuse of power for private gain' and includes thereby both the public and private sector.áYusufu Turaki is a Professor of Theology and Social Ethics. He teaches TheologyáandáSocialáEthicsáatátheáJosáECWAáTheologicaláSeminary (JETS) since 1980. He studied Theology at Igbaja Theological Seminary, Nigeria (Th.B.), Theology and Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary,áUSAá(MATS),áandáSocialáEthicsáatáBostonáUniversity,áUSA (Ph.D.). He was a Research Scholar with the Research Enablement ProgramásponsoredábyátheáPEWáCharitableáTrustsáandáadministeredáby the Overseas Ministry Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Yale Divinity School, Yale University, USA. He is currently the Regional Director of the InternationaláBibleáSocietyáNigeria.áHeáisámarriedátoáDeborah and they have four children: Nyela, Yimi, Iyakachi and Ladi.á

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