NGO’s magnitude of corruption in African countries

Abstract

Corruption is a social vice, an aspect of human life that has served to impoverish en mass only to the benefit of a few. Though corruption appears impossible to weed out, it can be minimized in scale and intensity. This is because corruption has pervaded deep into structures of our social institution. The paper explores the corollary aspects of corruption in prevalent perspective, such as, the types of corruption, its effects and the factors that encourage or contain the corruption. However, the focus will remain largely on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) as they form the niche of our research study. This is because many NGOs have sprung up in Africa and are shaping the people’s role politically, economically and socially. However, mechanisms can also be put into place to prevent and detect corruption in development aid of Africa, including in funds disbursed to and through NGO’s counterparts, and these measures are typically applied at the key stages of the programme/project cycle. Despite each NGO seeing its role with respect to corruption issues as fairly unique, on the other hand, they are still others who all agreed that there is an overlap between their functions and that rational principles, orientation and reform should be applied to address the situation.

Keywords: Corruption, non-governmental organizations, combating corruption, preventing corruption, NGO administration.