Moral Assessment Of The Attitude Of Nigerians To The Issue Of Money

Abstract

This empirical study assessed from the moral perspective the attitude of Nigerians towards money. It however does not over rule the importance or need to own and used money to better one's life but exposed that the attitude of many Nigerians towards money is associated with such shoddy deals as murder, rituals, assassinations, armed robbery, advance free fraud (419), negligence and the like. The study having assessed some key stakeholders in the Nigeria economy such as politicians, businessmen/women and civil servant concluded that many Nigerians cannot be predicted whenever money is involved in issues of discussion. However, the study proposed that it is high time Nigerians made positive attitudinal change towards money by way of avoiding immoral or ungodly dealings in quest for money.