Reflections on Governance and Development in Nigeria

Name: Reflections on Governance and Development in Nigeria
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RANKING the seven governance issues discussed in this book is, in a real sense, daring. However, having devoted over six decades to the study and observation of the different dimensions of the issues, I feel comfortable in making this ranking. I would argue that implementing a devolved federation is the first step towards making Nigeria a well-performing state that is capable of achieving good development performance. Next, I would give second ranking jointly to electoral legitimacy, rule of law, and civil liberties. Development-oriented leadership, administrative competence and accountability and transparency (including anti-corruption) would follow in that order. Of course, there are significant overlaps that complicate this ranking.

Sequencing: To turn around the prevailing combination of poor governance performance and poor development performance in Nigeria, governance reform should begin with the adoption and implementation of a devolved federation for emphasis, only a devolved Nigerian federation can become a well-performing state that is capable of achieving good development performance. Within the devolved federation, the federal government and each of the subnational governments in the federation should be responsible for sequencing the six other governance reforms highlighted, taking into account the strengths and weaknesses of their respective governance structures and processes.

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About the Author

LADIPO ADAMOLEKUN is a Professor of Public Administration and a former Dean of the Faculty of Administration at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife. For about two decades, he held senior appointments at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. He has written many books and monographs and numerous academic journal articles on politics and public administration in Nigeria and Africa. His commentaries on Nigerian government and politics have been published in several Nigerian newspapers for over six decades, from his undergraduate years at the University of Ibadan to the present. His autobiography, I Remember, was published in 2016. He has won many honours and distinctions at home and abroad over the years. In December 2005, he won the Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) award, officially described as the “highest national prize for academic and intellectual attainment”. He is retired and based in his hometown, Iju, Akure North, Nigeria.