Research Papers/Topics in Public Administration

PRIVATISATION OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIAN ECONOMY (PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS)

1.0INTRODUCTION The need for privatization varies from country to country and certainly from the developed economics to the developing ones.  Although attempts have been made to classify the motives for privatization, they invariably boil down  to the economic or the political or both.Privatization could be seen as a necessity, which we are told is the matter of invention.  A lot of invention should, therefore, normally be expected provided of course, other requirements are met.Privatizati...

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF PRIVATIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIAN

1.1BACKGROUND  Privatization commercialization are issues of our time and it is to the credit of the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) that now have this objective as a current economic policy. Together with rationalization of government parastatals and removal of bottlenecks, privatization is the last of four concrete policy measure of SAP yet to be implemented. Other three are:-The second-tier foreign exchange market (SFEM) which on July 2, 1981 was changed to Foreign Exchange Market (...

MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (A CASE OF ANAMMCO) ANAMBRA MOTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY

ABSTRACT The main objective of the study that investigate the management  problems of public enterprise a case study of Anambra manufacturing company (Anammmco) the objective of any government is a stable growth and development of the country through industrialization, one of the avenues through which, their achieved is by the establishment of public enterprises. The Analysis made in chapter four forms an important part of the  discussion that follows after the data collected have been pre...

THE INFLUENCE OF MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF GUNINNESS NIGERIA PLC)

ABSTRACT The main focus of this research work is to examine the influence of multi-national co-operations in the economic development of Nigeria.  MNC’s are agent of development in the sense that they constitute the source of capital investment, employment for the people, technological transfer etc.  However, many detest their existence because they are agents of exploitation of the people they came to develop. In this regard, the objectives of this work is to ascertain the extent of invo...

THE IMPACT OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION ON THE POLITICAL SYSTEM ON NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ABIA STATE)

ABSTRACT Nigeria women has been relegated to the background of Nigeria politics in this research we set out to study the political participation of women in Abia State.  And to know why women have not been achieving involved in the process of shaping the political system.  The objectives of this research work is to find out if women are actively involved in the politics of Abia State.  And again, to find out factors responsible for how level of women participating in the politics of Abia S...

THE IMPACTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF IDEMILI LOCAL GOVERNMENT)

ABSTRACT In this research work, the researcher intended to have a general discussion with local government as my background.  But lack of space may not allow me for detailed discussion and analysis. However, all essentials part of the impacts of local government administration on  economic and social development in Nigeria are discussed. In chapter one, I discussed the background, the problem, purpose of the study, scope, hypothesis, significance and some definition terms.  In chapter two,...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF ETSAKO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE)

ABSTRACT This work was undertaken with a view to ascertaining the effort made so far in the area of rural development in Nigeria with a focus on Etsako West Local government Area of Edo state as a case study, which delved into the following areas. Evaluation of the performance of Etsako West local government   council with reference to their service to the rural dwellers and the relationship between the local government council and the people.  The method of the research work for these stu...

PROBLEMS OF ETHNICITY IN THE NIGERIA FEDERAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT

INTRODUCTION Since Nigeria had political independence in 1960 certain key problems have played dominant roles in determining the nature, character and direction of government and politics in the country.  Most of these issues have been described by scholars and commentators on Nigeria politics as the legacies of the country’s colonial experience, whose origins can be traced back to the almost one hundred years of colonial domination. One of the issues or fall-outs of the Nigerian federal ...

STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING PRODUCTIVITY IN CIVIL SERVICE (A CASE OF ENUGU STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION)

ABSTRACT This project is on the strategies for promoting productivity in the civil service (A case study of Enugu state civil service commission). The main objective of this study is to determine the incentives and motivational tools for promoting productivity with respect to Enugu state civil service commission. In the course of seeking for information, primary and secondary data were used. The methods employed under primary data collection include personal interviews, questionnaires and obs...

CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN THE NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM (A CASE STUDY OF ANAMBRA EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NTEJE)

ABSTRACT This research work is primarily aimed at examining the problems of crisis management in the Nigeria Local Government Administration council, Anambra state, was used as a case study. The need for this research work arouse from the fact that, without properly managing the crisis that usually develop in the Local Government Administration, the goals of setting up local government areas (which aimed at bringing government to social amenities) may not be achieved even partly. To achieve t...

BOKO HARAM CRISIS AND THE SOCIO-POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF NIGER STATE).

ABSTRACT This research work attempt to examine the Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria and how it undermines socio-political development, with Niger State being our case study. The work has five chapters, each chapter structured in analyzing the Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria and how it affects the socio-political development of Nigeria. To do this, the researcher developed twelve (12) questions, these questions were administered in form of questionnaires to 400 people who were selected as a sample of...

CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN THE NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM (A CASE STUDY OF NKANU WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT)

ABSTRACT This research work is primarily aimed at examining the problems of crisis management in the Nigeria Local Government Administration Council, Nkanu West Local Government Area was used as a case study. The need for this research work arouse from the fact that, without properly managing the crisis that usually occur in the local Government Administration Area (which aimed at bringing government to social amenities) may not be achieved even partly. To achieve the above objectives, data w...

POLICY IMPLEMENTATION IN NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION (A CASE STUDY OF UDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE)

ABSTRACT The main aim of the research is bordered on “Policy Implementation in Nigerian Local Government Administration.” Administration is seen as a situation where effort is combined to achieve or accomplish a common goal. Local government is the third tier of government in Nigeria, and is aimed at accelerating rural and community development. The literatures reviewed that policy making and implementation seem to be the most important phase in rural development. Policy implementation ga...

EFFECT OF MANPOWER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN SERVICING COMPANIES: A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED COMPANIES IN RIVERS STATE.

Training and development helps to ensure that staffs in servicing companies posses the knowledge and skills that they need to perform their jobs effectively, take on new responsibilities and adapt to changing conditions. Consequently, this study investigated the effects of manpower training and development using Port-Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company and Dagrow Resources Limited, Port-Harcourt as its case study. From our investigation, we discovered that the success of every se...


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