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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2015
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IDRIS, Musa
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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