Is good leadership enough to fight corruption?

[Gallar]

Good leadership alone is not enough, the leader must be fair, wise, and firm.

because the leader affects all aspects of a country, so being good is not enough, it must be supported by a firm and honest attitude.

because in my country it is the same, corruption is still rampant.

[Majestic-milf]

It's hard to get good leaders especially in the area the op used as a case study and personally, someone who is greedy and money driven would find it hard to perform satisfactorily to the public. Let me use one of the leaders of the African countries as an instance, particularly, Nigeria.

 The past President had a good leadership and it was stated that the people enjoyed during his rule but there was still corruption. To actually suggest what then can save a country who is drenched in corruption is hard.

[348Judah]

If the leader are good and really good indeed then they will go against every possible means to corruption and tackles it, fight it and go after building an atmosphere to fareness in the government and people will have no option left than to follow suit with the steps of the foundation the leaders have created already, some countries have engage on an evolution in fighting this corrupt practices but this may involve lifes but the best way to tackle this is to start from the top, then every other aspect will remain under control by going against any corrupt practices.

[Maestro75]

By 2023 there will be a transition of power and if the choice of the people eventually emerges as the winner, following the current state of an entire country i ask will good leadership be enough to fight corruption in a country where everyone is corrupt?

Every good leadership will fight corruption because it prevents government policies from running smoothly. Remember that the country, that is Nigeria, you are referring to had its president picked on the believe that he Buhari was going to fight corruption. But the president disappointed everyone by not fighting it. Instead his government became worse than the one before him. Corruption is worse under Buhari and that is one of the things that has marked his government as a bad one.

We need Trump back, to get rid of the gross corruption of the Democrat leaders and Biden.

Americans now know the value of Donald Trump. They wanted him out and found weak Joe to replace him but they soon found out it was a bad exchange. I hope Trump runs in the next election. Americans are like Nigerians who wanted Jonathan out for Buhari who has now proven to be worse than Jonathan.

[BADecker]

By 2023 there will be a transition of power and if the choice of the people eventually emerges as the winner, following the current state of an entire country i ask will good leadership be enough to fight corruption in a country where everyone is corrupt?

Every good leadership will fight corruption because it prevents government policies from running smoothly. Remember that the country, that is Nigeria, you are referring to had its president picked on the believe that he Buhari was going to fight corruption. But the president disappointed everyone by not fighting it. Instead his government became worse than the one before him. Corruption is worse under Buhari and that is one of the things that has marked his government as a bad one.

We need Trump back, to get rid of the gross corruption of the Democrat leaders and Biden.

Americans now know the value of Donald Trump. They wanted him out and found weak Joe to replace him but they soon found out it was a bad exchange. I hope Trump runs in the next election. Americans are like Nigerians who wanted Jonathan out for Buhari who has now proven to be worse than Jonathan.

Not meaning to make this post a Trump thing, but, Trump's rallies for the 2020 election had hundreds of thousands of people. Biden's rallies only had hundreds if that. Something other than the people got Biden elected... corruption.

Consider the following about how corruption works.

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Consider a group of people in the middle of thousands of acres of land, where there is no other government than what they set up.

Since they are families who are all friends, they don't really need a government, because they all work together.

But with any group, there is a thief among their group. But he gets caught, and is punished by the group, or expelled from the group.

The thief realizes he needs help. So, he carefully looks for and finds other people who would like to be thieves, as well. They organize into a band that raids and steals property from the group of people.

After a bunch of raids, the people get together and form a temporary government for the purpose of fighting the band of thieves. They do this, and have success at overcoming the thieves, and even executing some of them. But a few get away.

Now, there is a shrewd joker among the group of people. He would like to be a thief, but is too smart, knowing what the people will do to him when he is caught. So, he talks the other people into keeping the little government that they set up to fight the thieves.

This shrewd guy talks the people into letting him be leader, because nobody else really wants to do it. As time goes on, and the group grows, this shrewd leader quietly introduces banking and taxes, which are really unnecessary. He skims off the top and lives the easy life, being supported by the others.

Well, that's all that the original thief wanted... to live the easy life being supported by others. But the shrewd joker found a way to do it that seemed logical to the people, but really wasn't necessary.

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Corruption generally becomes something substantial through people who want to be leaders.

[worldofcoins]

I am asking based on the country where i come from. It's sad to say no one cares about doing it right anymore, everyone is carried away by what the stand to gain, their immediate benefit not minding the impact in the near future.

In a country where everyone is been monetised and selfishly driven will good governance be enough to fight corruption. I ask this because it has gone beyond the sphere of the political stakeholder as it dwells even in the cabal of almost every citizen. making good governance will require stepping on toes.

By 2023 there will be a transition of power and if the choice of the people eventually emerges as the winner, following the current state of an entire country i ask will good leadership be enough to fight corruption in a country where everyone is corrupt?

In my opinion, not just good leadership but educating people is also an essential factor. This is because leadership icons cannot alonely fight against corruption. It's also the people who can help out the government to fight against corruption.
 

[Naficopa]

I am asking based on the country where i come from. It's sad to say no one cares about doing it right anymore, everyone is carried away by what the stand to gain, their immediate benefit not minding the impact in the near future.

In a country where everyone is been monetised and selfishly driven will good governance be enough to fight corruption. I ask this because it has gone beyond the sphere of the political stakeholder as it dwells even in the cabal of almost every citizen. making good governance will require stepping on toes.

By 2023 there will be a transition of power and if the choice of the people eventually emerges as the winner, following the current state of an entire country i ask will good leadership be enough to fight corruption in a country where everyone is corrupt?

In my opinion, not just good leadership but educating people is also an essential factor. This is because leadership icons cannot alonely fight against corruption. It's also the people who can help out the government to fight against corruption.
 

Solely good leadership is not enough to fight corruption,  when all the sectors and institutions that are working in a country are working fairly and are working for benefit of people than that country can fight corruption.  If your institutions are corrupt than a good leader cannot do anything.  Following rules and regulations,  having proper and strict accountability is essential for fighting corruption.

[BryaCull]

Well, the answer to this question can never be a simple yes or no. It all depends. Corruption exists almost in every society and we can conclude that this is rooted in our human nature. It's part of our nature to take more while giving less or none. Apart from this, the biggest external reason is culture/tradition in diferent society. If corruption is viral in a dictator-ship society, then a great leader is needed and can absoulty control or at lest contain corruption situation. In contrast, if corruption goes wild in a so-called democratic society, a good leader can help very little. That's the truth.

[DaNNy001]

 I think only the citizens of the country needs to help themselves and stop thinking selfish about your gains in just the moment you are in..

Corruption is like a virus that needs the right vaccine to cure and it's to be giving to everyone not just some,  if not it continues spreading

[xSkylarx]

I think only the citizens of the country needs to help themselves and stop thinking selfish about your gains in just the moment you are in..

Corruption is like a virus that needs the right vaccine to cure and it's to be giving to everyone not just some,  if not it continues spreading

Even with good leadership, corruption will still exist if the citizens are not honest and selfish. Therefore, it starts with ourselves; we should have discipline and selflessness to help others and improve our country's economy. In our country, I noticed in the past administration that corruption has lessened since the president was really into corruption. However, they still found that there are still corrupt officials in government, so it is difficult to zero out the corruption.

[MainIbem]

Good leader is the fighting of corruption because whenever you have a good leader then there are things to fight against.
For instance like my country with what is going on presently we are suffering for a bad leader since they don't care about their citizens rather looking for a way to enrich their love ones and family, so we have a good leader there won't be any corruption nor looting and hodl our currencies.
With good leaders at least 78 percentage of corruption would be eliminated from the country and change the country for good.