PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS IN NIGERIA

How can the Nigerian Civil Service be transformed from a lethargic, rule-based and compliance-driven organisation, to a competitive, productive, professionalised, effective and result-driven system? This is the central focus of Public Administration and Civil Service Reforms in Nigeria. In addressing this question, the book not only explores the main theoretical and conceptual issues in public administration, it also draws on historical and experiential data to discuss the various dimensions - political, structural and attitudinal - of the dysfunctions of the Nigerian civil service...
The book does not stop at analysing the nature of the inefficiency and the factors responsible for the dysfunction of the Nigerian Civil Service, it also discusses the conditions for the resolution of the problem, including the deepening of democracy and a determined pursuit of the task of nation building. It pays serious attention to issue of efficiency and productivity, human resources and capacity building, transparency, and accountability in the civil service. The unique contribution and significance of this updated edition is that it provides a larger framework for a specific paradigmatic resolution of the reform problem in Nigeria. This is done through the analysis of the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Transformation Agenda.