THE SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF CORRUPTION ON DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA: THE IMPERATIVE OF ANTI-CORRUPTION CRUSADE

Abstract

There is no doubt that the prevalence of corruption and its impact on security has eaten deep like an endemic epidemic into the fabric of the African society. It has been recognised as a major destabilizing obstacle to socio-economic development and a threat to security of African states that perpetually kept African states in a vicious cycles of violence by funding terrorists groups and criminal network like Al-shaba and Boko Haram, Its solution lies in the collective action of critical global institutions against corruption. This can be achieved by effectively utilizing a joint synergy with the decisive United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and Africa union convention on Prevention and Combating Corruption which has now become the reference point for anti-corruption crusade globally. Despite the establishment of anti-corruption agencies, corruption has remained endemic. The paper interrogates the security implications and concludes that formulating stringent laws that curtail and punish corrupt official; is the bane on corruption among other recommendations.