Legality or otherwise of Pecuniary donations by the Executive

Abstract

Pecuniary is often associated with being actually or related to money. ‘Donation’ is often associated with synonyms such as gifts and charity. The term pecuniary donations may be referred to as gifts of money. ADOPTION The pervasiveness of the act of pecuniary donation as envisaged in this paper is an investigation of the legality or otherwise of the popular practice of officials in government ministries, departments and agencies (hereinafter ‘MDA’) to make monetary donations in public functions where they are present in official or non-official capacities. Pecuniary donation sometimes are engaged to elicit reactions from citizens towards the performance of a particular action and in some cases beclouds the sense of reasoning of citizens to query the source of such gifts and their validity. The paper will consequently examine the role of government agencies and the indirect exercise of executive power; in addition to examining the question of good governance and the legality of same. The papers argues consequently that any form of pecuniary donation that derails constitutional responsibilities should not be encouraged.