I wanted to Ask why are Nigerians and Kenyas from African countries so corrupt?
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Versus the Kenyans from Asian countries?\nPower is a corrupting force and has been a part of most civilized peoples interaction with government.  Whether it is cronyism or selling your vote ot embezlement, you can find it almost everywhere, it is just more stark in Africa as the news most western nations recieve abour Africa is negative and the differences in the income levels, a poor person there versus a rich persus is quite vast.
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Nigeria does not seem to have a great fiscal policy or a proper program for implementation. Also statistics of Nigeria can be totally misleading considering the corrupt governance of the country. African countries have beautiful paper work but little practical application. It is a sad thing to note that so much of money is pumped into these countries that vanish in thin air without reaching the needy. The people have to change their attitude first. Pride and honesty must be their top priority if at all they need to become a respectable nations.
537239
Anything that comes out of Nigeria is a scam.Be careful about the UK also because they use that as an address for scams. Lotteries are also scams. Use your head when you get emails like that.
581993
yeah it is. but you know what kinda reputation the few bad crooks in nigeria have given to the whole country. sure, it's unfair to judge a whole country based on what a few idiots are doing, but that is the reality out there. still, not all people fall into the stereotyping trap, and when they get to know you better they'll come to see your true colors eventually.
325282
They are scams! This is known sometimes as the Nigeria Scam cos they tell you things like your distant family died, some high official needs a foreign bank account,etc. People have died in such scams so don't fall for it!!
534648
Maybe it is you that is just finding this out.\nThere have always been corrupt leaders.\nPower corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
1113456
No country or society can ever be totally free from corruption. this is a historical fact. of the many kinds of corruptions,monetary corruption in most prevalent and also by and large,least harmful.In Indian context,it has it's origin in their culture, religions as well as in their customs/tradions.People attempt to bribe their God and deities for favours and has social sanction.  therefore,let us accept  it and work towards minimising it.
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seeing as how the Nigerian government is one of the most corrupt in Africa, I am not sure how anyone could believe they either manage or administrate anything let alone taxes. There is not even the simple rule of law in that horrible place. What bothers me is they have a vote in the UN like everyone else.
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lack of will amongst the richest countries who use "corruption" as an excuse, though it is western corporations who are corrupting leaders abroad.\n\nthe biggest economy (US) only gives 0.13% of GDP as aid, despite all developed countries agreeing to give 0.7% (some european countries are on target, but not uk, france, germany or italy).
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Devastating\nYou cannot imagine the amount of Nigerians who stow away, enter illegally intocountries all owver the world and bring ill repute to their country\nThey smuggle drugs intotheir country, smuggle all sorts of merchandise including Ghanian women and it is too bad for the Nigerian economy and Nigerian pride.
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Why, what???. Iam a KENYAN, and very proud of it. in Kenya we are famouse for exporting, TEA, COFFEE, FISH etc.... we are also known ALL over the WORLD for our best ATHLETS, and VOLLEYBALL. lastly but not least we are known all over the world for our fa,ouse SAFARI, the best exotic animals, romantic beaches, nice hotels, in short KENYA is a turist destination.also we host so many SAFARI RALLIES. i dont know much about Nigeria but i know they are thieves, prostitutes all over the world, and they are the worst AFRICAN country, they are a shame to Africa,. well may be a few of them are proud but not too many, coz for a Nigerian its about going to America, Europe, they dont like their country at all. so are they really proud to be Nigerians??? well i dont think so.
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The main reason third world governments are in trouble is because of their leadership and mentality, not the economic situation. Unfortunately, not everybody has the right priorities. In many third-world countries, you'll see a lot of bad infrastructure, garbage, stray dogs and poor law enforcement, but then see a fair number of people in luxury cars and expensive clothes. I hear in Mexico, the Spanish elite do not want to relinquish their power by spreading their wealth. In Africa, many of the leaders there are total crooks who are all for themselves. \n\nDon't kid yourself, the leaders of many third-world countries send their children to elite Western boarding schools in Europe and the United States, and are themselves graduates of such. They go on to excellent Western universities to study such things as BUSINESS and ECONOMICS, or engineering, so on and so foth. So, they're not being cheated because they're stupid, but they may not have anything to bargain with.
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Africans need to reject tribalism and work towards national unity.  Corruption is rampant, but in many situations is accepted because that corruption is good for whatever particular tribal group you belong to.  Also, the other nations of the world cannot lift africa up, africans must do it themselves.
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as far as i can tell cause the people who are in charge of the nations are corrupt and never developed their countries through investment and private enterprise\n\nmy friend is reading a book about how agriculture is why europe is so well off, that there are all these immunities that europe built up because of all the farm animals, africa doesnt have a lot of farmland i dont think, not as much as europe,\nso the theory is that germs else where the last 1000 years have kept other parts of the world from developing at the pace of the europe/america\n\n\nI think the reality is in order to have a successful industrial revolution people who have capitol, ie money, have to invest it in business that are going to buy the machines, etc.\n\nin africa i dont think theyve done that, over the last 140 years, had people who bought machines for an industrial revolution,  . . . because my theory is the leaders are using all the wealth for their own purposes
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I have never been to Nigeria, but have had the oppertunity of having many freinds and acquintences from there when i was in college. \n\nI have come to know them as a nation of great people, talented and intellegent and an excellet sence of homour, no one can argue like a bunch of nigerians. its infortunate that all this talent and natural resources of such a wealthy nation are going to waste due to unchecked corrucption. they also have an reputation of being conman, which unfortunatly is based on the numerouse succesful and some failed con artists from nigeria.\n\nover all with the right leadership and will of the people, the country has a great future. they need to over come internal problems based on religion and caste.
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There are a number of reasons. The riches are exploiting the poor. In the industries the workers are not getting their remuneration according to the labor they provide there. The rich countries are exploiting the developing counties. Corruption is another reason. The person who has power in hand earns money through corruption and that money belongs to the people of the country. If the money is properly distributed among the people there can not be any poverty in the world.
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The main issue in Africa is tribalism.  It has caused many problems in the past and current day.  Until they are able to get past this major obstable, Africa will stay in this state of confusion and chaos.  Nothing is being done by Africans or its governments to solve this problem.