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The 2014 Jonathan National Conference and Nigeria’s Future
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2018-01-01) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Adeoye, Akinsanya A.; Bariratu, Abdullahi; Tanimu, Mohammed; Slvannus, Mohammed Itodo
It has been argued that the “continuous search by Nigerians for national integration cannot be fully grasped without a critical review of earlier attempts by both the British colonial administrators and Nigerian nationalists at constitution-making.”1 While early attempts at constitution-making in Nigeria in the dying days of colonial rule through January 15, 1966 (when the Nigerian military intervened in politics)2 have been well-documented,3 what is obvious is that the departing colonial oligarchy erected an “elaborate political and economic infrastructure to facilitate their exploitation of our national resources.”4 Our concern here is to examine attempts by Nigerians at constitution-making since 1975, regarded as an epoch-making year for Nigeria in terms of a decisive effort by the military administration to return Nigeria to civil rule after a failed attempt by the Gowon Administration in October 1974.
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN NASARAWA STATE CIVIL SERVICE
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2019-11-06) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe
The traditional role of women as bearers and nurses of children has advanced beyond the orthodoxy to the contemporary status of clear leadership in all spheres of life: industry, public career, politics, technology and the medical sciences, among others. In contradistinction to the position of adherents of orthodoxy, advocates of modernity believe in and strongly support a shift in the paradigm, for a wider participation of women in formal employment, given the backdrop of the prevalence of labour discrimination, based on gender difference. With advancement in' education and civilization among women, the pressure for the emancipation of the folk from the clutches of marginalisation assumed a new dimension in 2006, when the Nigeria Women’s Charter of Demand, also known as Affirmative Action, was presented. The objective was to eradicate all forms of gender discriminations artificially erected on the path of women’s efforts of attaining gender mainstreaming and parity. Elsewhere on the globe: China, Israel, Sri-Lanka, Taiwan, Malaysia, France and Finland, Affirmative Action dated back to 1949. In spite of the critical essence of gender equal labour market opportunities; there remains a dearth of empirical studies in Nigeria, particularly in Nasarawa State, where the inequality is obvious and copious. This study is therefore instituted to examine the nature, causes and implications of the anomaly for Nigerian women and for national development. Employing panel or longitudinal survey design, and using published data on personnel establishment obtained from Nasarawa State Civil Service Commission for the period 2007—2017, the null hypothesis of no significant discrepancy between gender employment opportunities in Nasarawa State Civil Service and the Affirmative Action was tested. The Chi-square statistical tool was employed, following its wide appeal in the Management and Social Sciences. Based on the findings, it was concluded that there is a significant discrepancy between women employment in Nasarawa State Civil Service and Affirmative Action, leading to underemployment. Accordingly, it was recommended that Nasarawa State Government should redress the imbalance by domesticating the Charter, for the attainment of its objectives.
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AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THE POLITICAL ANTIGEN
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2019-07-04) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Aliegba, Becky Ade
That Africa’s effort at achieving development has yielded very meagre result is not surprising; the truth is that pre- and post-independence development effort has been largely challenged by a myriad of problems, chief of which is elite power politics. By its character, the African state has remained statist, with the major, and indeed only preoccupation of the colonialist and the post-independence nationalist-cum-elite being power ascription. In the deep immersion in power pursuit, development was hardly or scarcely in the agenda of the African state, irrespective of the era: colonial or post-independence. This study contends that although much has been said in the polemics, the role of the elite power struggle in the underdevelopment of Africa remains inexhaustively explored. Given the historical and qualitative nature of the study, much reliance is placed on descriptive research design. Modernization and elite theoretical foundations provide useful insights into the imperative of “transiting” Africa to the modern status of the West. From the plethora of literature and analysis, key among the findings include: first, that colonial administrations focused on self-serving power grabbing activities, to the prejudice of development; second, even the successor-African nationalists retained the statist character of the colonial administration; and third, development was hardly listed in the agenda either by the colonialists or African elite. In conclusion, the discontent and pervasive frustration of the marginalised Africans through the statist oppression of the ruling faction of the elite gave rise to aggravation of the operating centrifugal forces. The end-product was massive resentment and emergence of violent protests, reinforced by military interventions in' politics, in post-independence African countries, from the 1960s, as exemplified by the Nigerian situation. The suggested remedy is for African elite to “restructure” their elite political or power appetite.
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AGRICULTURAL INTERVENTION POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT ■ OF NIGERIAN RURAL AREA: A STUDY OF EDO STATE
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2020-12-03) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe; Bege, Yahaya Ahmed
The wealth which built modern Nigeria whether in the era of dominance of agricultural commodities, or petroleum, was derived from the rural areas. Given the relative importance of rural areas in Nigeria, as the major economic base, this study examines theof agricultural intervention policies/programmes on rural development in Edo State. The study adoptedmixed method using questionnaire andoral interviews. The data were analyzed using simple percentage statistical tools. Thefinding reveals that the exclusion of the rural farmers from participating in the agricultural intervention programmes is among other factors that contributed to the failure of the policy/programmes vis-a-vis underdevelopment of rural areas. Consequently, the study recommended that Government should leapfrog rural development philosophy from the present abyss to a front burner position, by constitutionalizing an extra-ministerial agency, such as the National Population Commission and Federal Civil Service Commission, among others, with specific responsibility of rural development in Nigeria.
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Alternative Economic Development Strategies in the Third World: Chile under Salvador Allende Gossens
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2019-07-08) Akinsanya, Adeoye A.; Umar, Elems Mahmoud
The Chilean experiments of formulating and implementing capitalist and socialist economic development strategies in the late 50s through early 70s form the core of this study. Because of the - commitment of the United States Government to the development and protection of private property interests and mutatis mutandis, direct foreign investments in the Third World, Dr. Salvador Allcnde’s comprehensive programme of socialising the means of .production in Chile from 1970-1973 engendered United States Government's hostile reactions, contributing to Chile's “invisible economic blockade”, and eventually, a violent overthrow'of the Allende - Presidency * through a bloody coup de'tat on September 11, 1973. The study highlighted the lessons to.be learnt-from the Allende socialist experiment by any Third World country.
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Analysis of Some Grey Areas in the Operation of Separation of Powers in Nigeria
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2021-07-14) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe; Aliegba, Becky Ade
Interesting as democratic government might be, its success depends on the observance of the doctrine of separation of powers by the respective organs. While separation has been well practised in advanced democracies, as United States of America and Great Britain, the experience in emerging democracies, Nigeria inclusive, has been unrewarding, particularly because several grey areas have remained unresolved. The major objective of this paper therefore, is to examine the sources and nature of the unresolved areas which have inexorably produced rancorous relationships among governmental arms in Nigeria. In the qualitative research design which adopted expository analytical approach, the study found, among others, that it was not constitutional, legal or institutional deficits or lacunae, but human factor that had constituted the major obstacle to the successful practice of separation in Nigeria. To change the paradigm therefore, it was recommended among others, that regular training and retraining, with practical case studies from the experience of advanced democracies, should be conducted, to educate the leaderships of governmental arms, given that expertise or experience in governance is not a prerequisite for political leadership in Nigeria.
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“Big Push” Hypothesis and Development Paradigm in Nigeria
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2020-07-05) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Aliegba, Becky Ade; Shehu, Ibrahim Yakubu
The needed theoretical impetus for leapfrogging the economies of poor countries, Nigeria inclusive, over underdevelopment was provided by Professor Paul N. Rodestein-Rodan‟s “Big-Push” Theory in 1943. The cardinal thesis of the Theory is that, in contradistinction to “bit-by-bit” approach, massive capital investment in social and economic infrastructure is required to give an underdeveloped economy a “big-push” out of the doldrums. Evidence from the legion of theoretical literature and occasional commentaries supports the ineluctability of the critical and frontline role of Government in achieving the Herculean task. Unfortunately however, Government‟s attitude in Nigeria has smacked of incuriousity and exacerbated the situation, through derisory budgetary appropriation for capital expenditure. The key objective of this study therefore is to examine the nature, causes and implications of the observed Government‟s “antigrowth attitude”. In the theoretical framework comprising of an admixture of “Big-Push” theory and Structural-Functionalism, content analysis and primary survey provide the research design; while Chi-square statistical tool was employed in examining the discrepancy between the observed and expected capital appropriations by the Federal Government of Nigeria during the study period, 2006-2019. The findings of the study largely support the priori expectation of a significant discrepancy. Accordingly, it is recommended that Government should re-prioritise huge capital investment, by appropriating a minimum of 60 per cent of annual total budgetary expenditure for capital or investment, an improvement over the 40 per cent benchmark prescribed by Rodestein-Rodan in the Big-Push Theory, adjusting for “time effect
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Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria: Religiosity or Alice in Wonder-Land?
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2020-01-11) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Aliegba, Becky Ade; Omadachi, Oklobia
This study attempts a programmed expository analysis of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria with major objective to examine the philosophy of the sect and the terrorism. Using content analytical approach, the study examines the modus operandi of the insurgents, in a bid to answer the question as to whether or not Boko Haram is motivated by religiosity, or by the adventure into terrorism, or mutatis-mutandis, by a share desire to spring wonders. Flowing from the analysis of the natural name of the sect, and its mode of operation, the findings of the study reveal that Boko Haram insurgency is primarily against the West and its culture, with no evidence of bias against any religion: Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Budism, et-cetera. Concluding, the study surmises that Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria is intended to initiate and propagate intractable terrorist attacks designed to undermine and rubbish the internal security integrity and capability of the Nigerian State, and recommends, modus vivendi, a political dialogue, to complement the ongoing military counter insurgency option.
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British Colonial Administration and Perspectives on Disintegration and Transformation of Keana Confederacy
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2018-04-08) Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe; Umar, Elems Mahmoud
The advent of British colonial rule brought to the fore the contradictions inherent in indigenous and modern systems of administration. Such contradictions produced antigens that set in motion disruptions which, in extreme situations, degenerated into conflicts and disintegration of the erstwhile flourishing Kingdoms in Northern Nigeria, Keana Confederacy inclusive. The objective of this paper is to examine the role of British Indirect Rule in the disintegration of Keana Confederacy; and the subsequent reintegration process that transformed Keana into political and administrative autonomy, through the instrumentality of modern local government system. Adopting focus group discussion methodology, and a suite of reinforcing theoretical paradigms: Integrative and Conflict Resolution models, the study found colonial native administrative system and its contradictory “reforms” of the existing traditional system as incongruent, a development that fertilized the harbinger of disintegration of Keana Confederacy. The study, therefore, recommended that contemporary governmental administration should respect and take due cognizance of the existing orthodox chieftaincy setting when contemplating reforms of traditional institutions, to minimize distortions and consequent conflicts.
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CHALLENGES OF METHODOLOGY AND VALIDITY IN THE STUDY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2018-09-05) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe
Writings on conceptual and methodological issues in the study of social science subjects, Public Administration inclusive, focus attention on comparing this variant of “science”'with the pure science, placing emphasis on the similarities in the methodological apparatuses and procedures. The central aim is to establish the “scienceness”, and poke the social science in the domain of the natural science. Such views may be perfectly plausible, atleast because they rationalise the award of a science degree to a graduate of social science. Standing on similar arguments, this paper latches onto the unexhausted polemics of the “scienceness” of Public Administration, and promises to explore the alternative view that the strong inclination to the appellation science, with reference to Public Administration, is an expression, with little relevance to the subject matter.
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COLONIALISM, IMPERIALISM, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NIGERIA
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2019-11-01) Abimiku, John; Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe
Colonialism and imperialism are "allotropes" of Western misrule of Africa, characterized by "statism" and economic exploitation, in contradistinction to the excuses of humanitarian motives: eradication of slavery, expansion of missionary activities and trade creation, etc, "after thought" made by the colonial overlords. In the aftermath, Africa, Nigeria at the centre, suffered severe development setback. But beyond the fagade, capitalist integration was central in British colonial relations with Nigeria, as it was elsewhere in Africa, giving rise to resentments expressed through the emergent nationalist movements, particularly from the 1930s. To overthrow the colonial grip, two choices were available: armed struggle and the constitutional method, preferred by the nationalist bourgeoisie class who found allies in the British and her economic influence to continue with the "rebranded relationship" in neo-colonialism. The adoption by Nigeria of the Western capitalist path of development levied severe . consequences on her economy: economic control, monopolies, unemployment, strikes, and corruption, among other issues. The recourse to the European Union (EU) (With all the expected "relationship advantages" delayed any progress in industrializing Nigeria through a policy of reckless granting of industrial products duty-free entry into Nigeria. Furthermore, the economic association with EU thwarted Africa's continental economic integration and political unification: Africa became the theatre of neo-colonialism by Europe. Thus, Nigeria's economic link with the EU, through the Lome Conventions, indeed made; a mockery of her posture of non-alignment in world politics, concluding.
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Correlational Analysis of Training Outlay and Organizational Output in A Small and Medium Enterprise in Nigeria
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2020-06-16) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe; Yakubu, I. Shehu
A well-trained and motivated workforce is a valuable asset to any organisation. Organizations, therefore, invest hugely in training and capacity building, to enhance the productivity of employees, as a sine qua non for increased organisational output. In this regard, the study examined the relationship between investment in employee training and output of SMEs in Nigeria. In the survey method, data on outlay and production output of the study company were analysed, using simple percentages; while the association was examined through the instrument of correlational analysis. Against the a priori expectation of a positive correlation, the result of the analysis showed a negative insignificant association, suggesting that the notion of all-time positive and significant correlation among training outlay, employee productivity and organisational output was only plausible. In explaining the curious result, factors which include training, supervision and motivation, were, among others, identified. Therefore, the study recommended that management should ensure that training must be conducted according to organizational needs and that proper supervision must also be provided, to guide employee performance on the job. Besides, adequate motivation should be provided to employees, to elicit performance, instead of resting on the efficacy of training alone.
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Crisis and Reform in the Oil Industry
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2018-01-01) Umar, Elems Mahmoud
Historically, crisis in Nigeria dated back to flag independence on October 1, I960.1 From political crisis, Nigeria waded through social and economic crises, some of which threatened her foundation as a nation. The political crises at various times, particularly in the early 1960s, were so serious that many foreign observers had predicted that Nigeria would dismember into the federating regions before the close of the decade.2 By the mid-1950s, the political unrest degenerated into a situation that lured the military into intervention in politics on January 15, 1966. Military intervention set a new psychological paradigm that has remained difficult to reset, even long after the return to civil rule. The basis of the crisis during the period was less economic but more political because each region and the Centre amicably pursued their respective economic interests based on natural endowment.3 Much later, from the mid-1970s, the blessing of the emergent oil resources ushered in a new regime of life characterized by economic advancement, mono-product syndrome, commonwealth mentality, struggle for cake sharing, and inevitable crisis. Oil became the blessing and bane of Nigeria, providing over 75 percent of her earnings, and paradoxically fueling the embers of regional and class politics, struggles and intrigues, all culminating in endless crises. Thus, Saka Luqman and Fatima Lawal aptly remarked that:
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Democritising the Process of Recruitment into Key Academic Offices in Selected Nigerian Universities
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2018-12-07) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe
Because of its enormous attributes (i.e popular participation, guarantee of freedom, accountability and good governance), many undemocratic governments have collapsed. In contemporary practice, recruitment into key positions in most organizations, whether private or public, therefore follows a democratic procedure. Curiously, the existence of a deviation from the modern norm by tertiary institutions in Nigeria, which enjoy the accolade of monopolistic trusteeship of intellectual endowment, remains confounding. This study is instituted to examine the factors in the observed duality in recruitment practices adopted by selected universities. In the survey design, data collected from top ranking employees were analysed using percentages, while Chi-square analysis was performed to examine the discrepancy between the observed and expected recruitment practices. Theoretically, the study is underpinned by a hybrid of Democratic Participation Hypothesis and Democratic Participation Management Theory. The study revealed that, away from any legal or statutory dictates, preference for the appointive alternative adopted in recruitment into the offices of Vice Chancellor, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Head of Department is cultural, and had resulted in apathetic reaction by academic staff to exclusion and governance issues in universities. Accordingly, it is recommended that recruitment into all key offices in Nigerian universities should Tbe democratized, for wider participation and improved governance
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Dependency Theory and Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Insights into Nigeria
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2020-11-09) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe
Nigeria is a federal state with delineation of political, economic and administrative powers and responsibilities among the federating national and sub-national governments. In tandem with the above framework, Nigeria adopts fiscal federalism, in order to achieve smooth conduct of public revenue and expenditure operations. The constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1989, as subsequently amended, allocates all fiscal responsibilities to the respective federating tiers of government. Commentaries by analysts, authors and observers allude to the lopsidedness of the allocation of responsibilities and fiscal capacities, in terms of "quantity" and "economic potentials", in favour of the national government. This unfavourable skewness against the sub-national tiers, noted all critics, remained the fundamental harbinger of fiscal disequilibrium, leading to the incapacity and dependent position of the sub-national governments. This study examined the implications of the dependency in the intergovernmental relations enshrined in the Grundnorm, in the light of the backdrop of Andre Gimder Frank's Dependency Theory.
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Domesticity and Implementation of Affirmative Policy at the Local Government Tier in Nigeria
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2020-06-06) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe; Bege, Yahaya Ahmed
The objective of this study is to enquire into the nature and causes of the observed implementation failure of Affirmative Policy at the local government tier in Nigeria, given the importance of the policy in gender balancing. Goaded by the persistent unequal underemployment in labour market and politics, ascribable to socio-cultural prejudices, women embarked on various programmes aimed at redressing the anti-gender disequilibrium, through Women’s Charter of Demand or Affirmative Action. The resultant policy: Gender Policy 2006, enunciated by the Federal Government of Nigeria, was therefore aimed at mainstreaming women into public sector establishments by reserving, at least 35per cent of all available offices for women. Overseas, in Canada, China, Malaysia, United Kingdom, USA, et cetera, Affirmative Programmes had been initiated for the realization of women’s equality. In the study, survey method was adopted where 100 local government councils were purposively selected from the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria; and a questionnaire administered to gather the required data; analysed using percentage statistical tool, as is widely applicable in researches in Social and Management Sciences. Oral interviews were also held with some council chairpersons, to clarify ambiguities. The major findings of this study included councils’ pervasive unawareness, or ignorance of the existence and operation of the Affirmative Policy; and unwillingness to implement the policy, if compliance was optional, due to conservatism. It was thus recommended that, among others, the Federal Government of Nigeria should establish and institutionalize a mechanism for educating local government councils on new policies. Furthermore, legislative sanction against defaulting council managements for nonimplementation of Affirmative Policy should be promulgated, to compel attitudinal change, as espoused by Modernization Theory, adopted in this study.
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e-GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IN NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA.
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2018-12-08) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe; Omadachi, Oklobia
Realizing the implications of the prevailing low education and awareness of information and communication (ICT) in Nigeria for efficient service delivery by government institutions and agencies, or e-governance, the Federal Government of Nigeria embarked on legislative, policy and institutional initiatives to redress the situation. Evidence ascribes the particularly poor e-governance among the local government councils to the disconnect formal institutions responsible for developing and disseminating new ideas and innovations in ICT to affd the councils. In effects, the slack in information flow and weak structures have militated against the realization of objectives of e-governance, particularly by local government areas of Nigeria, as explainable by diffusion theory and structural-functionalism. In the survey research, several findings were made among which poor ICT lagged or lacking information dissemination to local government councils, low level of ICT literacy among employees of local councils and very low budgetary allocation to ICT development by councils, among other. Accordingly, it was recommended among other that the information dissemination apparatus should be strengthened to bridge the gap between the institutions and the councils.
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Effects of Pension Administration on Civil Servants in Nasarawa State Head of Service Lafia
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2020-09-04) Abimiku, John; Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Bawa, Basil
The work designed to assess the issues and challenges of pension Administration on Civil Servants in Nasarawa State Head of Service Lafia. The work adopted a survey method. As the instrument of data collection, oral interview and research questionnaire were used. The analysis of the questionnaire was done based on percentages, allowing the greater or less than factor to influence the judgment gotten from the responses. After which it was discovered that Nasarawa State Head of Service Lafia have a policy on Pension Administration and also, the causes of delay in the administration of pension and gratuity in Nasarawa State Head of Service Lafia is due to poor record system, diversion of allocated funds and also, outright fraud irregularities that ineligible pensioners are on the payroll. Based on the followings, we suggest that since the Nasarawa State Head of Service Lafia have a policy on Pension Administration, the service should ensure the sustainability of this policy towards the growth and productivity of the service and also, the management of the service should find means of handling the poor record system that causes delay in the administration of pension and gratuity within the service by developing adequate record system and ensure that problem associated with diversion of allocated funds are stopped and also, outright fraud irregularities are discouraged whereas the service should ensure that eligible pensioners are on the payroll. Penalty should also be meted out to those who steal pensioner's funds to prevent others who may have the mind and the erring operators to forestall more pension scams in the State
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ENTREPRENEURIAL GOVERNMENT, FISCAL CAPACITY AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2019-07-08) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Yusuf, Abdullahi Ogwuzebe
Given the disproportionate relationship between fiscal responsibility and taxing capacity, local councils' inability to generate sufficient internal revenue to augment receipts from the central allocation is exacerbated. The situation has placed councils in a perpetual “infant industry ” situation. Previous studies on the intractable challenges of local government financing focus on the unfavourable skewness of the existing revenue allocation formula against councils, with minimalfocus on the strategic imperative of exploring contemporary entrepreneurial approach by governments in boosting internally generated revenues, to propel service delivery. In departure, this study attempts to examine the efficacy of “managerialism” in public service delivery, with Edo States 2017 “reforms” as case. Adopting a primary survey design, the study relied on data gatheredfrom stakeholders and adopted structural functionalism in explaining the success or failure of governmental institutions in their assignedfiscal functions. In line with the objective to examine the trend in revenue accretion, simple percentage analysis is conducted. The summary of thefindings indicated that Edo State Government increased internally generated revenue by all local government councils from average monthly N30million in 2016 to N220million in 2017, due to the entrepreneurial approach to revenue management initiated in 2017. Consequently, it is recommended that other states in Nigeria should embark on institutional reforms for the needed revolution in internally generated revenue, for service^ delivery.
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Executive-Legislative Feud in Nigeria, 2013-2019: Personality or C onstitutionality?
(Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2019-02-04) Umar, Elems Mahmoud; Itodo, Sylvanus Mohammed; Abdullahi, Bariratu
Modern democracies insist on separation of governmental powers, an arrangement that forestalls autocracy and authoritarianism of either Arm. This paper attempts an expository re-examination of the. relations between the Executive and Legislative Arms of Nigerian Government spanning the Administrations of Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari (2013-2019). The paper x-rays the sources of the feud which characterized the relations and attributes the source to the interplay of personality and constitutionality; and suggests that for mutual co-existence and effective governance, a return to proper constitutionality, and indeed constitutionalism, as enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution, as variously amended, is a sine qua non.