Fighting Corruption through a Structural - Institutional Approach: The Role of the Government

This paper x-rays the need to start the fight against corruption from structural-institutional approach. The paper finds that despite various approaches taken by successive administrations to rid Nigeria of corruption, the phenomenon of corruption, as it presents itself in the Nigerian polity has assumed an endemic, alarming and systemic proportions. The study was anchored on institutional theory of Scott Richard (1995) and data were secondarily sourced through newspaper publications, journal articles, textbooks, magazines and publications. The paper recommends the need to start the fight against corruption and enthroning transparency through the strengthening of institutions, and increased citizen participation in the governance process. Also, budget expenditures must be scrutinized by the people to ascertain the progress and sincerity of the administration in power, this would help the citizens make their decisions at the polls and ultimately lead to the ascension of credible leaders with concrete plans on how to solve the problems of the country. 

Keyword: Administration, Approach, Corruption, Structural-Institutional, Systemic.