Democracy and political participation are related to good governance are interrelated and complementary but appear to be antithetical in nigeria. Oloyede oluyemi national bureau of statistics nbs, abuja, nigeria abstract nigeria has been recording low participation of women in both elective and appointive positions. The origin, development, ethnic politics, impacts, postcolonial governance. Preindependence politics and administration in nigeria.
Failure of the elections conducted by the civilian government in 1965 and 1983 brought about the military intervention. The argument about the dichotomy between politics and public administration has been around for so many years. One of the major political institutions that controlled the affairs of villages was the council of elders which comprised heads of families that held staff of authority called ofo title holders these elders headed their respective extended families and the most senior member of the council of. The nature of nigerian politics dissuades many qualified and principled persons from seeking elective positions at all levels of government in nigeria. First, the spread of islam, predominantly in the north but later in southwestern nigeria as well, began a. Problems and prospects of public administration in nigeria.
It seeks to assess how relevant the concept is in todays agency operations by first establishing its origin and the prevailing school of thoughts. Monitoring participation of women in politics in nigeria paper presented by mrs. The case of the oil minorities movement of the niger delta by cyril i. Its for the interest of my fellow political science student. However, in nigeria, owing to incessant military coups coupled with. The school draws attention to the potential negative consequences of free interaction between politics and. Ethnicity as a culture in politics and administration in. An anthology of essays lamidi, kazeem oyedele department of public administration, faculty of administration, obafemi awolowo university, ileife, nigeria abstract. For as long as ghanamustgobags continue to determine the qualifications for such offices, corruption, mediocrity and ineptitude will remain supreme in nigerian politics. The school draws attention to the potential negative consequences of free interaction between politics and administration e. Article information, pdf download for political versus administration. Nigerias flag consists of three equal vertical bands of green, white, and green. Pdf this work examined politicsadministration interface and the sustenance of public service ethos in southwest nigeria. According to the nigerian constitution and in line with the presidential system of government, there is a separation of power among the three branches of government, namely the presidency, the judiciary and the.
The future of nigerian politics lies in tolerating civilian governance. Lukman that nigeria badly needed a leadership that can rescue the country from the depth of chronic indiscipline, disorder. Politics and administrative responsibility in nigeria research. National and state elections in 2019 were deeply competitive, with scattered instances of violence amid a mostly peaceful process. Although politics sets the tasks for administration, it should not be suffered to manipulate its offices. The effects and way forward alabi abdullahi department of social sciences and global studies political science unit, kwara state university, malete, ilorin, nigeria sakariyau, rauf tunde. Although many scholars have made efforts to state their thesis for why or why not politics and administration should be distinct from each other, there has not been a universal consensus on the topic.
In 1960, nigeria joined both the united nations and the commonwealth of nations. Political leadership and corruption in nigeria since 1960. Dichotomy between politics and public administration. Administrative questions are not political questions. And because of the relationship, there are impact of politics on education which is discussed in this article. We are going to focus specially on those days between 1900 and 1960. As africas most populous country, largest economy, and biggest democracy, nigeria is a bellwether for the continent. Abstract the purpose of this work is to espouse ethnicity as a factor in politics and in the practice of public administration in nigeria. Nigerian government and politics political science project topics.
Politics and administrative responsibility in nigeria. Table of contents corruption in nigeria historycorruption in nigeria causeseffects of corruption in nigeriasolution to. Organizational politics has become the permanent culture of every modern. After this period the country has managed to survive and redefine kits comprehensive political system. Politically, women have been relegated to the background, despite the tremendous. Political system of administration in igbo land before the coming of the europeans into nigeria, the various ethnic groups were autonomous and had developed their traditional governmental systems in such a way that it reflected the culture, beliefs and traditions of the different areas. Nigeria since independence have shown that the reins of government has always fallen into the hands of a political leadership class that showed more interest in private, group or ethnic gains than in the general wellbeing of the nigerian state. Department of public administration, university of nigeria, nsukka abstract military rule became dominant feature of government in nigeria only after political independence, especially from january 15th 1966. Ethnic politics and democratic consolidation in nigeria. Department of history and international studies, ekiti state university, adoekiti, ekiti state, nigeria abstract the purpose of this paper is to attempt a critical appraisal of the pace, practise, pattern, priorities, problems and prospects of nigerian democracy.
Politics and university administration in nigeria ea. Policy successive administrations have described the u. Pdf the impact of military rule on democracy in nigeria. In carrying out the study, the secondary sources of information or. The crisis of public administration in nigeria ijhssi. Nigeria currently has better foreign relations with its neighbors, due to its current state of democracy. A conflict in political science of 25 years duration revolves around the relationship of. Literature which explored the theories of politicsadministration dichotomy remains divided as to whether woodrow wilson was the author of the politicsadministration dichotomy theory or not.
Dichotomy between politics and public administration politics. The role of the military in the nigerian politics has generated a lot of heated debates. In this writeup, you will have the opportunity to learn about what actually transpired in nigeria during the colonial days. Students will be responsible for identifying a theoretical issue, thematic area, or debate that they would like to investigate, formulating the question to be. The current situation in nigeria united states institute of. The phrase politicsadministration dichotomy itself does not appear to have a known inventor, even after exhaustive research, the combination of words that make up the phrase was. The interplay of these two social activities is expressed in the dictum administration begins where. Several dominant themes in nigerian history are essential for understanding contemporary nigerian politics and society. Presented at the conference on twenty years of nigerian public service, university of ife, ileife, nigeria, october 17.
The nigerian government and politics are built around the presidential system of government, which was copied from the united states of america. Rwanda, burundi, zaire, ethiopia zanzibar, uganda, nigeria, the chad and angola 1. It stresses the heterogenity of nigeria, coupled with the deliberate policy of divide and rule by our colonial. For any responsive and dependable political system, the development of the rural areas must be its major concern. Politics and administration are closely interrelated activities in the governance process of any. Adebayo, augustus 2001, principles and practice of public administration in. International journal of politics and good governance volume vi, no. The politics administration dichotomy is an important concept in the field of public administration and shows no signs of going away because it deals with the policymakers role as an administrator and the balancing act that is the relationship between politics and administration.
However, in nigeria, owing to incessant military coups coupled with the ethnicisation of politics. Democracy, political participation and good governance in nigeria. With a restoration of democracy, nigerians are very much determined to sustain it and make the future generation proud to be a part of this great nation. The discipline of public administration was born in the usa. Democracy, political participation and good governance in. However, historically low voter turnout signals a deepening distrust in government and institutions. Nigerias creaky political system council on foreign relations. By so doing, the study will lead to a deeper understanding of the nigerian industrial relations practice in the public sector in comparative perspective with previous regimes in. While it remains true that nigeria is governed by democratically elected. It is a member of the african union and sits on that organizations peace and security council. Theory and practice page 7 public administration is the machinery used by the service state to place itself in a position to make plans and programmes that can carried out, and to carry out the plans and programmes it has made.
And of course, this country has quite a history behind it. He is regarded as the father of the discipline of public administration. First, we examine classical conceptualizations of relationship between politics and administration in early authors notes such as wilson, goodnow and weber. It is perhaps most appropriate to liken the relationship. The credit for initiating as an academic study of public administration goes to woodrow wilson, who was teaching political science at princeton university and who later became the president of usa. Public administration simply refers to the methods, processes and mechanisms put in place in the implementation of government policies. Introduction mainstream rhetoric in nigeria media and popular discourses of the polity is often centred on the claim that nigeria is consolidating its democracy. It is a weak democracy that repudiates inalienable ethos of its true identity. The research also observed that the nigerian political system is a federal republic with a pres.
Democracy in nigeria is alien and its practice has proved difficult. But a political system crippled by corruption and dogged by ethnic tensions threatens to. The changing forms of identity politics in nigeria under economic adjustment. Administration is of importance for another reason too. The evidence on the ground, however, contradicts this claim momoh, 20. The politicsadministration dichotomy is a theory that constructs the boundaries of public administration and asserts the normative relationship between elected officials and administrators in a democratic society. Nigeria is a federal political system, a system that defines the structure of the polity in a way that underlines the independence of the federating units visavis the central government in key areas of national economy and politics. Executive and the administration will try to execute. In all, political power has alternated between the civilian and the. In the initial days, both politics and administration are under the stream of political science but with increasing functionalities and with the growing importance it was established as a different discipline.
The politics of development and underdevelopment fall 2009 3 5. Impact of politics on education nigeria a case study. Ethnicity as a culture in politics and administration in nigeria uduma, d. It has been estimated that nigeria has as much as 350 ethnic groups based on lingual classification. The paper is an exposition of the politicsadministration dichotomy theory and how this affects the effective and efficient operation of federal agencies. Ever since this merger, the polity has been characterized by ethnoreligious politics which has being the bane to national unity. Nigeria has made progress since its return to democracy in 1999. The country is africas most populous, with more than 200 million people. International journal of politics and good governance volume 4, no.
Rcmssjggsda03 abstract politics and administration are closely interrelated activities in the governance process of any country. Bureaucratic politics and policy development semantic scholar. Journal of nigeria studies volume 1, number 2, fall 2012 political leadership and corruption in nigeria since 1960. Citizens, organized interests, private businesses and other societal actors interact with both politics and administration, albeit for different reasons. In the nigerian case study, the reconfiguration, formation of political parties, distribution of human. Nigerias creaky political system council on foreign. Traditional public administration versus the new public. The current situation in nigeria united states institute. Also administration may be used to mean the period of office of the leader.
Nigerian government and politics a case study of 1999 2007 politics abstract this project research work describes and analyses the structure of nigerian government and politics between 1999 and 2007 in other to improve the understanding of the operation of government and politics in nigeria. Politics and administration florida atlantic university. Public administration attempts to explain how decisions in government are made as well as administering projects to carry out those. There is a thin line between politics and education and according to ijov et. Many of the first republic politicians were not corrupt since the majority of them came into politics with ideologies and principles. Pdf politicsadministration interface and sustenance of public. The study found out that politics had not impacted much on administration of universities in nigeria. Expectedly, politics by its nature and character is to give birth to a democratic structure capable of engendering development. The village administration was made up of kindreds who had patrilineal relationship called umunna. The government of nigeria witnessed many structural changes in the few past decades in its political system. Nov 17, 2019 there is a thin line between politics and education and according to ijov et. His work examined politics administration interface and the sustenance of public service ethos in. In short, women participation in nigerian politics is a topic of importance. Politics and administration in a developing political system.
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