Comparative corruption
A Nigerian living in the US maintains a blog he calls, Grandiose Parlor.In a recent post, the blogger does some comparative politics by examining the cases of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevic and some Nigerian governors charged with similar levels of corruption.
The comparison is not favorable to the Nigerian governors or the Nigerian regime.
Your students could do some research and come up with more and more complete comparisons. It is comparative government and politics, after all. Who are we to ignore an opportunity?
Musing on Illinois governor Blagojevic and his Nigerian counterparts
"A comparison between Blagojevic and Nigerian governors: while the two are corrupt — well, maybe not in equal measures, the political system in the state of Illinois is able to self-correct, promptly...
"[T]he Nigerian Guardian newspaper captures the Rod Blagojevic matter...
"'First, Mr Blagojevic and his admirers did not plead an immunity... Secondly, Mr Blagojevic was not blindly supported by his own political party... Third, the law enforcement agencies were not corralled out of intrepid investigation...
"'In contrast, Nigeria is unfortunately in the abyss of institutional and leadership collapse. The typical Nigerian state governor today, more or less Mr Blagojevic’s counterpart, is virtually unavailable to account to any institution or person...'"
Labels: corruption, Nigeria, rule-of-law
posted by Ken Wedding @ 5:53 AM
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