EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL POLICY ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (NARICT) AND INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (IAR) ZARIA (1998-2008)
EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL POLICY ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (NARICT) AND INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (IAR) ZARIA (1998-2008)
| dc.contributor.author | EWESUEDO, DOROTHY B. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-02-14T10:26:28Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-02-14T10:26:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-02 | |
| dc.description | A Dissertation Submitted To The Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, In Partial Fulfillment For The Award Of Degree Of Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) In Public Administration. Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Nigeria. FEBRUARY, 2011 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study is an evaluation of the National Policy on Science and Technology in Nigeria, focusing on NARICT and IAR (1998 - 2008). The study was carried out as a result of concern for Nigeria’s over dependence on foreign products and neglect of her indigenous technologies. Despite the adoption of the national policy on science and technology in the country, Nigeria’s dependence on importation of raw materials from overseas to keep the wheel of industry going persisted. The country is unable to create the necessary science culture in which the general public is made aware of the need to use scientific method in their daily operations. Nigeria lags behind in terms of technological development in spite of its array of manpower, natural and financial resources. The present situation tends to be even more pathetic as ordinary products like matches, tooth paste, soap and other minor products are imported into the country. These have resulted in Nigeria’s over dependence on foreign products, neglect of her indigenous technology, over reliance on oil, declining foreign exchange and collapse of indigenous industries. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested for the study. The implementation strategy of the National Policy of Science and Technology does not add significant value to the performance of NARICT and IAR. Inadequate funding of research institutes such as NARICT and IAR contributes to the low quality of products in those institutes. The attainment of the objectives of the National Policy on Science and Technology is a function of the caliber of staff in the research institutes. Primary and secondary data were used. Descriptive and inferential statistics were also used to analyses the data. The main findings of the study were that government’s allocation to research institutes is poor thereby affecting the performance of the institutes. Government allocation system is a failure as a result of poor management process of government resources. The government policy of direct disbursement of capital funds through e-payment by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to contractors is also not acceptable in the research institutes because funds meant for research and procurement are lumped together as capital funds in NARICT and IAR yearly budget allocation. In view of the findings of the study it was therefore recommended that all the research institutions should be well funded by increasing their allocations. The government should properly monitor the implementation of the policy. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1529 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | EVALUATION, | en_US |
| dc.subject | NATIONAL, | en_US |
| dc.subject | POLICY, | en_US |
| dc.subject | SCIENCE, | en_US |
| dc.subject | TECHNOLOGY, | en_US |
| dc.subject | NIGERIA | en_US |
| dc.subject | STUDY, | en_US |
| dc.subject | NATIONAL, | en_US |
| dc.subject | RESEARCH, | en_US |
| dc.subject | INSTITUTE, | en_US |
| dc.subject | CHEMICAL, | en_US |
| dc.subject | TECHNOLOGY, | en_US |
| dc.subject | (NARICT), | en_US |
| dc.subject | AGRICULTURA, | en_US |
| dc.subject | RESEARCH, | en_US |
| dc.subject | ZARIA (1998-2008) | en_US |
| dc.title | EVALUATION OF THE NATIONAL POLICY ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (NARICT) AND INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH (IAR) ZARIA (1998-2008) | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |