Citizens Participation and Quality of Governance In Nigeria
Citizens Participation and Quality of Governance In Nigeria
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2010-11-14
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IDRIS, Musa JAFARU, Salisu Shehu
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Abstract
Governance is increasingly becoming citizens centered. The active participation of the citizens
in the formulation and implementation of public policies and programmes is expected to
among others facilitate effective service delivery and good governance in general. Both
governmental and non-governmental platforms were established through which the citizens
either directly or indirectly participate with a view to improving the quality of
governance. In spite of all these efforts, the desired quality of governance seems not to
have been achieved in view of increasing rate of insecurity, poverty, and poor service
delivery inter-alia. The objectives of this paper were to determine the level of citizens
participation and the quality of governance in Nigeria between 2002 - 2010. Others were to
examine the relationship between the two variables and make recommendations for
improvement. The source of data was secondary. This was presented in tables and
percentages. Tlie Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient was used in testing the hypothesis
postulated. The study inter-alia revealed that both and level of citizens participation and the
quality of governance in Nigeria was low. It has also been discovered that there was a
significance relationship between the level of citizens participation and quality of
governance. The study recommended for deliberate efforts aimed at creating broad based
platforms such as community based and civil society organizations, professional association
and political parties. Others were the involvement of these platforms in the initiation,
formulation and implementation of government policies and programmes as well as the
existence of a vibrant mass media to facilitate mass mobilization, integration and
participation in governance.
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Department of Public Administration
Faculty of Administration
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria