joseph wrote about prebendalism as a major bane of nigerian politics.
who wrote about prebendalism as a major bane of nigerian politics?
joseph
joseph wrote in 1996, "according to the theory of prebendalism, state offices are regarded as prebends that can be appropriated by officeholders, who use them to generate material benefits for themselves and their constituents and kin groups..."









































as a result of that kind of patron-client or identity politics, nigeria has regularly been one of the lowest ranked nations for political transparency by transparency international in its corruption perceptions index.
prebendalism
ethnocentrism, tribalism, religious persecution, and prebendalism have affected nigerian politics both prior and subsequent to independence in 1960. kin-selective altruism has made its way into nigerian politics, resulting in tribalist efforts to concentrate federal power to a particular region of their interests. nationalism has also led to active secessionist movements such as massob, nationalist movements such as oodua peoples congress, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta and a civil war. nigeria's three largest ethnic groups (hausa, igbo and yoruba) have maintained historical preeminence in nigerian politics; competition amongst these three groups has fuelled corruption and graft.
nigeria