Transparency and Accountability in the Nigerian Public Service: Agency Theory Perspective
Transparency and Accountability in the Nigerian Public Service: Agency Theory Perspective
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2016-06
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IDRIS, Musa
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Abstract
Transparency and accountability in the Nigerian public service have
remained issues of public concern and academic discourse, especially
following the return of democratic governance. Institutions have been
established in addition to extant laws in the service of transparency
and accountability in the public service. In spite of these efforts, the desired
level of transparency and accountability has not been achieved.
The study seeks to examine how the provisions of some of the agencies
and acts for promoting transparency and accountability, with a view to
identifying some of their challenges. We specifically sought to explain
how the application of agency theory promotes transparency and accountability
in the public service. The study relied on secondary data
from Transparency International, using its corruption perception index,
presented in a table and analyzed using averages and percentages. Relevant
provisions of the CCB, ICPC, and the Freedom of Information Act
were also reviewed. The study established a very poor (20.94%) level of