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ABSTRACT

Security of African states and economies have been faced by challenges as the region continues to witness insecurity in various ways and dimensions, poverty, hunger, unemployment, infrastructural decay amidst other unsavory incidence. The situation continually grows that it becomes worrisome that the continent seems not to be developing as expected. Using Nigeria as a case study, this work identifies that the fundamental problem lies with the human person who is deficient in area of moral values in dealing with public wealth. Using virtue ethics theory and secondary sources of information, the work discusses the challenges of security and economies of Africa to include corruption, tribalism, and such have consequences which include unemployment, hunger, insecurity and the like. The work sees moral values as the fundamental principle that if those who are managing the affairs of the states imbibe, the challenges will reduce and positive impacts seen. Such include: accountability, honesty, pursuit of common good, selflessness and so on.