POLITICAL VERSUS BUREAUCRATIC DETERMINANTS OF CORRUPTION ON DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: WHERE IS THE DICE CAST?
Andohol Jerome
Department of Economics
Benue State University, Makurdi
Email: torsaa2002@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
The dynamics of the contributions of Political Determinants of Corruption (PDC) and that of Bureaucratic Determinants of Corruption (BDC) to Nigeria’s development is the linchpin of this analysis. The study used Principal Component Analysis to generate the component indexes for PDC and BDC from 1995 to 2018, which were further interacted with the Human Development Index (HDI), within the Auto Regression Distributed Lag technique. The study found out that even though there are improvements in the control of Bureaucratic Determinants of Corruption (BDC), given its upward trajectory as against the negative trajectory of Political determinants of Corruption (PDC), the Bureaucratic Determinants of Corruption (BDC) impacts development negatively more than Political Determinants of Corruption (PDC). The study recommends that due attention should be paid to closing up leakages and stemming negative actions associated with government bureaucracy to sustain the upward trajectory noticed in the control of bureaucratic thievery. Additionally, selective respect for the rule of law, nepotism and constrained freedom of the electorates are signals that embolden Political Corruption that should be addressed.
Keywords: Corruption, Political, Bureaucratic, Development, Auto Regression Distributed Lag (ARDL).
