Archives of Humanities & Social Sciences Research
- ISSN: 3065-3568
Salifu Gabriel
Corruption has become a cancer in the life of nations and it seems to have defied all treatment. One major reason for this state of affairs is that these saddled with the responsibility of applying the medicine are not sincere in their diagnosis and in dispensing of the prescribed drugs Oladunjoye [1]. Corruption has been seen as a threat to development and it is actually a major cause of poverty and insecurity. They are twin sisters scourging underdeveloped countries; but corruption makes it difficult to overcome poverty and insecurity. We are currently living in the materialistic age. Prestige, honor and fame in most of Nigeria now depend on political positions and material possessions, and not on food character any longer. This paper has examined role of the church in curbing the menace of corruption for good governance in Nigeria. The work has adopted the agency, collective actions and rent-seeking theories to justify its claim. It has discussed the concepts of corruption and good governance and recommends church roles in the reduction of corruption to its barest minimum in order to pave way for good governance is generally characterized by accessibility, accountability, predictability and transparency which can only be achieved when the Church make converted efforts through leadership by example. It is only then that corruption, which has drawn back the wheel of progress in this nation, can be addressed.