IMPACT OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY

 IMPACT OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY

There is a clear indication that politics in Nigeria has been the opposite of what it is in the developed countries, African politicians and Nigeria in particular are still backward in terms of their values, such as unfulfilled promises, political corruption, greed, violence, tribalism and intimidation. Political instability is said to manifest through fraud, embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds, inflation of contracts, bribery and other values, lack of accountability and transparency in government, discrimination in wealth distribution and others. There is noticeable impact of political instability in the life of Nigerians resulting to corruption, erosion of cherished cultural values, economic distortion and underdevelopment .This work will hereby proffer solutions to the present political instability faced in Africa and Nigeria in particular to include, behaviour modification, transparency in governance, political will and sustainability of democracy.

Very inform persons will agree that among   many factors affecting political instability in Nigeria as well as most Africans countries, corruption has been the control factor craves by leaders and public servant in Nigeria to amass wealth while in public service this has not only affected national development but also accentuated to political instability. This is often manifested in youth restiveness, social insecurity, conflicts, social uprising, civil war and even coup de tats to mention but a few .Consequently, political instability has become the major social ills plaguing the stability of Nigeria and even most African states. This requires urgent attention in order to rescue Nigeria and African countries from political collapse.

POLITICAL INSTABILITY COULD BE ESTABLISH IN AFRICA AND IN NIGERIA PARTICULARLY THROUGH

Good governance, fairness, honesty, justice, transparency and accountability, a careful of democracy through education, here corruption is seen as one the most internal constrain to development in Nigeria, This has also hindered political instability in Nigeria and has affected economic growth of most Africa states, political instability has resulted in erosion of cherished values such as dignity of labour, faithfulness and integrity.  It has also affected the practice of democracy in Africa and hindered transparency and accountability, leading to bad governance.

Political instability must not be allowed to prevail if Nigeria and any other nation must develop, in view of this, political leaders, civil servant and the citizenry must have the political will to fight corruption which will in turn lead to political instability, political leaders in Africa Nigeria in particular must be seen to be doing government business in transparent and accountable manner, the subordinate being led should be known for through prudent management of public funds while the entire African states should be fully democratized, above all, it is hope that if this call for re-orientation of Nigerian politicians in respect of their values is answered in good fate, sanity and uprightness will be restored to our political scene.

RECOMMENDATIONS.

1, Political education should feature in school curriculum and introduce as a course in the primary and secondary and in the general studies in the tertiary institutions.

2, There should be effective used of approve law without discrimination or laxity.

3, A Strong political will by all to fight corruption be evolve in all states.

4, Transparency and accountability be enforce in government functions, particularly in financial transaction.

5, Government should organized adult education classes where adult education will focus on democracy, accountability and be taught along with other subject.

REFERENCE

Aka, C [1996] Democracy and development in Africa.Ibadan; spectrum books limited.

Achebe [1983], the trouble with Nigeria; Enugu dimension publishers.