Public Administration Research Papers/Topics

EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE LABOUR INTENSIVE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME IN GHANA (LIPWP): A CASE STUDY OF THE KASSENA-NANKANA WEST AND NABDAM DISTRICTS

ABSTRACT Social protection programmes are redistributive programmes carried out by various governments to enhance the livelihood of the poor and vulnerable in society. Unfortunately, these programmes are confronted with errors, fraud, and corruption (EFCs), thus rendering them ineffective. This study seeks to contribute to the existing knowledge gap in social accountability mechanisms within social intervention programmes. The study seeks to examine the extent of effectiveness of social accou...

Students' Perception of Their Participant in Decision Making Wesley College of Education in Kumasi

ABSTRACT The study examined how students perceive their participation in decisionmaking processes in Wesley College of Education in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. In all, one hundred and ninety-two student leaders, fifty-five teachers and three college administrators were purposively sampled for the study. The main research instrument for the study was the questionnaire. Three sets of questionnaire were designed for respondents. The findings of the study suggest among others, that st...

Personnel Recruitment and Primordial Factors in the Civil Service: A Case Study of Kogi State Civil Service Commission

ABSTRACT This research dissertation: Personnel Recruitment and Primordial Factors in the Civil Service ; A Case Study of Kogi State Civil Service Commission stems up as a result of the interest of the researcher in the management of Civil Service. The existence of the civil service carries responsibilities of not only maintaining law and order, but also ensuring that life is made comfortable for the majority of citizens in a country. This is the reason why every government is ever compel...

An Analysis of the effectiveness of Nigeria Procurement process

Public procurement can be viewed as a useful for delivering public goods and to facilitate economic development where they are practiced. The subject of publicprocurement is vast and covers a wide range of economic sectors, encompassing the needs of governments to function within its established capacity and delivering the much needed services to its citizens. The fundamental basis for this research study is to examine the Nigerian procurement system and evaluate its effectiveness and impact...

The role of civil service in policy implementation

ABSTRACT The study is design to identify the role of civil service in policy implementation. Civil Service is a body of permanent officials appointed to assist the political executive in formulating and implementing governmental policies. Various authors work were reviewed in line with the existing literatures on civil service and its impact on policy implementation. The researcher used primary and secondary sources to collect data for the research while questionnaire were distributed to the ...

The Role of E-Payment in Tackling Corruption in Nigeria

Proffer new solutions to combating corruption in Nigeria and other corrupt-ridden countries of the world.

CONTRIBUTION OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT (NDE) TO UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA (2011-2015)

The issue of unemployment is at the front burner of policy discussions in both developed and developing countries today. This is because, when left unchecked, the scourge of unemployment has the capacity to destabilize the most peaceful of societies and crash the most buoyant of economies. The study assessed the contribution of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to unemployment reduction in Ekiti State between 2011 and 2015. The NDE was created in 1986 to combat mass unemployment in...


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