Anatomy of Fraud and Corruption in Nigeria : A Search for the Pandora Box and Panacea

Most of the earlier Inaugural Lectures in Accounting delivered in Nigeria Universities tended towards topics that are of immense significance to the Nigerian society at large. Besides, Inaugural Lecture in Accountancy usually revolves around thoughts the Lecturer has, alongside burning cum emerging issues and what he has done to address them. The choice of this topic: “Anatomy of fraud and Corruption in Nigeria: A Search for Pandora Box and Panacea” expresses my desire to follow the same tradition of raising issues that are not only significant in their academic content, but are also of great importance to the larger Nigerian society