PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN NIGERIA
PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN NIGERIA
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Date
2007-04-02
Authors
IDRIS, MUSA
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Abstract
The Federal Government of Nigeria has over the years
embarked on Public Service Reforms (PSRS) to among
others, fight corruption and ensure public accountability
and transparency. Pursuant to this, institutional and
structural mechanisms were put in place. In spite of this
however, the desired level of public accountability and
transparency seems not to have been met. The major
objective of this study is to determine the effect of the
PSRS on public accountability. Specifically, the study
examines the institutional constraints militating against
the performance of the anticorruption agencies in fighting
corruption in Nigeria. The source of data was secondary
chiefly from the reports of Transparency International,
Books, Government Publications, Newspapers and
Magazines.
The study revealed that, in spite of the reforms, public
accountability and transparency is still low in Nigeria. It
also reveals an undue political interference in the
activities of the anti-corruption agencies. Others are
secrecy in government business, high level of political
corruption and an international dimension to corruption.
The study recommends for societal value reorientation,
greater power and autonomy to anti-corruption agencies,
constitutional, electoral, media and judicial reforms and
international collaboration in the fight against corruption
among others.