ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorMUHAMMED, Bala IDRIS, Musa TANIMU, Muhammed
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-06T11:51:48Z
dc.date.available2025-01-06T11:51:48Z
dc.date.issued2019-02
dc.description.abstractThis study analyses the imperative of accountability and good governance as key determinants for effective public service delivery in Nigeria. Governments world over, Nigeria inclusive have the goal of providing welfare services to their citizens right from time immemorial. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the concept of accountability and good governance took the central part in contemporary debates in social sciences and particularly in the field of public administration over the roles of accountability and good governance in achieving effective public service delivery in every country. This is evident from the central role, public administration plays in the formulation and implementation of policies designed for development of various countries. However, public administration in Nigeria is bedevilled with gross incompetence and ineffective management in spite of a number of reform programmes that have been designed to enhance efficient and effective service delivery for over three decades. This paper examines issues affecting accountability and governance in the realm of service delivery in Nigeria. The study is qualitative in nature, as it relies more on secondary data and less on primary data (interview). Systems theory guides the study. The paper found that Nigeria has been showing inability of different regimes to deliver key services to her citizens as a result of poor accountability mechanism and bad governance. The study therefore, recommends that, in order to bring sanity back to governance, corruption and other unethical tendencies such as; ethnicity bias and nepotism in appointment and promotions in public service should be curtailed and service delivery be tailored to circumstances of the country for efficiency and effectiveness.
dc.identifier.urihttps://kubanni.abu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13087
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleACCOUNTABILITY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIA
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