CORRUPTION: AN IMPEDIMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

The paper examined the trend of corruption in Nigeria and how it affected economic growth and development. It focused on the consequences of corruption and how it has became deeply rooted in the fabric of society and conspicuously manifested in the materialistic quest and deposition of the people. Despite the effort of the government to fight corruption through the establishment of various anti-corruption commission such as the independent corrupt practices commission (ICPC) and Economic and Financial crimes commission (EFCC). Corruption seems to be on the increase as a result of this economic development has became quite difficult or even impossible as every sector of the economic is infected by the syndrome. This paper observed that corruption has made entrepreneurship empowerment efforts ineffective thereby leading to high levels of unemployment and poverty. This paper thus recommended attitudinal change. There must be a reversal in the prevailing culture in a corruption is viewed as permissible and corrupt official are glorified