Political Class and Anti-Corruption War in Nigeria

Political class and corruption have been blamed for the existence of underdevelopment in Nigeria and how its negative inferences have brought a set-back across various sector of the society. Government had made efforts to wipe away this portent by creating anti-corruption agencies, but corruption still exist and keep increasing across most sectors in Nigeria. This study aimed at perusing on political class and anti-corruption war in Nigeria. This study pointed out causes of corruption by the political class and also other factors that led to poor growth and development in Nigeria and how to prevent the glitches. Social network theory of development has been applied for this study. Documentary method was adopted for the study, with a major secondary source of data in the course of the study. The work-study stated how corruption, ascriptions and greed grosses in the various process of political class in Nigeria. And recommendations were made for this phenomenon such as independent operations and strengthening of anti-corruption agencies to fight against corrupt practices, promoting regional and international economy social network balance Cooperation to yield smooth growth and development among the political class as whole.