Originally published in 1968, this book is of unique value because it provides first-hand information on Nigerian government and administration in action during the 2nd half of the 20th Century. Themes discussed include the evolution, organisation and structure of the civil services; the impact of politics on administration; interest groups; the politics of modernisation and its effect on the Administration; inter-class and inter-departmental conflicts in the public services; the contribution of politicians and administrators to national economic planning and the politics and administration of public corporations. The Nigerian experience is also compared with that of francophone West African countries, and the last chapter examines the future of Nigerian administration against the background of past experience.
Originally published in 1968, this book is of unique value because it provides first-hand information on Nigerian government and administration in action during the 2nd half of the 20th Century.
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The virtues of Nigerian Administration and its Political Setting are that it is introspective and realistic. E. P. Laberge, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol 6, Issue 1.
Part 1: The Frame of Reference
1. Introduction: The Evolution,
Organisation and Structure of the Nigerian Civil Services Adebayo Adedeji
2.
The Impact of Politics on Administration D. J. Murray Part 2: The Public, the
Politician and the Administration
3. The Politics of Modernisation and Its
Effect on the Administration James OConnell
4. Interest Groups and
Administration in Nigeria D. J. Murray
5. The Contribution of Politicians and
Administrators to Nigerias National Economic Planning A. A. Ayida Part 3:
Civil Service Politics
6. Administration in Our Public Services: A
Professional Officer Speaks Up on Bureaucracy T. M. Aluko
7. Bureaucratic
politics in Nigeria: The Problems of Inter-Class and Inter-Departmental
Conflict in the Public Services A Symposium James OConnell Part 4:
Politics and Administration in the Public Corporations
8. The Politics and
Administration of Public Corporations in Nigeria Bayo Kehinde
9. The
Administration of Public Corporations and the Political Factors Z. O.
Okunoren Part 5: The Role of Administrators in the Political Process
10. The
Role of the Administrator in the Nigerian Public Services S. O. Asabia
11.
The Responsibilities of the Nigerian Senior Civil Servant in Policy
Formulation Joseph F. Maloney
12. The Responsibilities of the Higher Civil
Servant in Nigeria E. U. Essien-Udom
13. Alternative Administrative
Arrangements: The Experience of French-Speaking West Africa John A. Ballard
Part 6: Conclusion
14. The Future of Nigerian Administration Adebayo Adedeji.
Adebayo Adedeji was Nigeria's Federal Commissioner for Economic Development & Reconstruction from 1971 to 1975. In June 1975, he was appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and remained in this position until July 1991. He founded the African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS), a non-governmental independent continental non-profit, think-tank dedicated to multi-disciplinary and strategic studies on and for Africa. Adedeji was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 1991.
