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BAD GOVERNANCE: THE BANE OF PEACE, SECURITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA
Abstract
Some scholars tend to focus attention on ‘good governance’ as a panacea for enduring peace, security, and sustainable development in society. This paper focuses on the other side of the coin: ‘bad governance,’ here-with positioned as the bane of enduring peace and security and sustainable development of Nigeria. Bad governance tends to frustrate the institutionalization of both peace and security on the one hand, and on the other, creates a stunted, rentier, disarticulated, and grossly underdeveloped Nigerian society. To exemplify the nexus among bad governance, the lack of peace and security with sustainable development in the country, the researchers adopted a survey research method to generate the necessary data to remonstrate that each of the variables is conversely and inversely related; that is: bad governance, lack of peace, lack of security and unsustainable development in their interactions systematically generates and reproduce each other. Out findings shows that lack of adequate security tends to frustrate peaceful empathy among the collectivities; disinvest the most fainthearted efforts at generating sustainable development in the country; and, promote economically unsustainable environment. Consequently, we suggest that all forms of corrupt practices, and related vices should be abhorred; and, defaulters apprehended and comprehensively punished; Leadership should not only be very responsive to the yearnings and aspirations of the people, but should be committed, accountable and transparent in all its activities. The strengthening of the political, economic, social and other institutions of governance in order to sustain effective policy making and implementation; and, an enlightened followership is an imperative force if good governance, peaceful, developed and non-violent society is desired in Nigeria. Above all, sycophancy should be discouraged in the nation’s statecraft as it promotes bad governance in Nigeria.
Keywords: Bad governance; good governance; democracy; peace, security; sustainable development