[01] Patricia Ebere Nwazonobi, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria. [02] Agweye Okpachui Apah, Department of Christian Religious Studies, Federal College of Education, Lagos, Nigeria.

Religion and society are intertwining potent families that should marry an acceptable moral norms and values capable of enhancing and promoting stability in the global society. By virtue of this supposedly compatible alliance, corruption and abuse of nation’s economy would have been a thing of history in Nigeria. The religious crisis, corruption and economic recession still loom in the very centre of government functionaries and have paralysed national development, is a reason of concern for this paper in that direction. This study adopted historical and descriptive methods to achieve its success; textbooks, Journals and internet exploration to enable critical analyses of the ethical aberration of corruption and economic bedevilment seen in the mist of religiosity which permeate the Nigerian society. The paper recommends that religious leaders should go deeper in teaching their adherents to imbibe moral standards to face the challenges and vices which have bartered the integrity and economy of Nigeria. On the side of government, the paper further encourages that adequate screening be conducted before any religion will be allowed to operate in Nigeria.

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