The influence of classical conditioning can be seen in responses such as phobias, disgust, nausea, anger and hatred. A familiar example is conditioned nausea, in which the sight or smell of a particular food causes nausea because it cause stomach upset in the past similarly, when the sight of a dog has been associated with a memory of being bitten, the result may be a conditioned of fear of dogs. As an adaptive mechanism conditioning helps shield an individual from harm or prepare his mind not to involve into any criminal offences as a result of horrible experiences had on self or on others.
It is quite unfortunate that corruption has become an unconditional response and not yet a classical conditioning among our leaders’ despites the multi-pronged, multi-fact, multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional efforts and strategies from the government to ensure that it is being rooted out completely from our societies.
A classical example to underscore this point is the “Whitsle Blowers Act” that was recently introduced by the Federal Government to regulate crime activities in the country and to ensure zero tolerance to corrupt practices among political leaders and the likes. As if this Law is coming from the “maxis book”, it does not make any difference in the political terrain of this country. Whether you agree with me or not; funds are still being looted out everyday in this country, government properties are still being vandalized and insurgency activities are on the increasing side shooting out in new and different shades.
Corruption Therapies: More Strategies to help Intensify the Fight against Corruption
Nigerians must work hard to strengthen democratic structures in the country for our fight against corruption will not succeed under the present system that is only one step away from the military dictatorship. Civil society must be on the alert to ensure that our elected representatives operates with the highest standard accountability and stewardship even those who rig their way into power, those who find their way to the presidency, the state house or the parliament by corrupt means can be forced to be accountable by a morally sensitive nation. It is indeed the responsibility of civil society group to constantly drag the feet of those in the corridors of power to the fire of democracy.
Nigerians should get familiar with the provisions of the criminal code against the various shades of corruption specially those involving public servants; civil society group should ensure that these provisions are vigorously applied to all and sundry without fear or favour.
The judicial system must be strengthened and the rule of law must be entrenched. We cannot make progress with the fight against corruption as long as there is no so much impurity in the land with many seemingly operating above the law.
The law enforcement agencies must be thoroughly cleansed, restructured, reorientated and highly motivated to make them more efficient in detecting, investigating and prosecuting cases of corruption. There should be no room in the modern Nigeria for barely literate young men to be recruited into the police force. It is time to raise the entry qualification for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force to first degree graduates. We turn out more than enough graduate each year to take care of this.
Employers of labour should be constantly encouraged to pay adequate salaries and wages to workers and make provision for their retirement benefits. Workers should not be paid such slave wage as to make them easy susceptible to temptation.
– Silas, wrote this from Nasarawa State