Corruption and Leadership in Nigeria: Effects on the Economy

This study sought to examine the relationship between corruption and leadership in Nigeria, exploring how leadership styles, policies, and practices contribute to or mitigate corruption. It analyzed the nature of leadership in Nigeria and the various ways through which corruption is entrenched in Nigerian government and politics, and its general implication for Nigeria’s socio-political and economic continuity. By adopting literatures from library research, the study is descriptive and analytical in nature, based on secondary methodological influence. Findings show that corruption in leadership is a major impediment to the survival of socio political and economic formations. The study concluded that development is only obtainable in a healthy political environment that is devoid of corruption, thereby recommending a drastic interpretation of the law on corrupt government officials found guilty of corruption so as to sanitize the political atmosphere, among other things.