NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
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The New Public Management, NPM, is an innovative in the progress, vhido advocates that public service should treat citizens as customers, Arose needs and secures should be satisfactory in order to retain their patronage and loyalty to the enlargement Tire objective cf this paper is to x-ray how the application of New Public Management mil enthrone transparent gpwmance in Nigenan Local government administration Secondary data, generated through documents obseitntion, was used for the study, vhile the Cost Benefit A nalysis was adopted as the theoretical framework. It is observed tloat economic dependence, political interference, lack cf skilled manpower, higlo lead cf illiteracy and poverty are some road blocks to the application cf NPM in Nigerian Local government administration. It is recommended tloat financial autonomy, qualitative education, employment opportunities, enlightenment cf the citizens, among others, will improve the application of NPM in Nigerian local government administration