By Adele Jinadu | The problem of corruption in Nigeria is fundamentally a problem of democratic political governance and has to be approached as such in view of its negative consequences for human development in the country, as outlined in Chapter II of the country’s constitutions since 1979. The political nature of the problem of corruption is clearly underscored in the principles of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC).[1]