Electronic governance platform: towards overcoming the challenges of non-inclusion of citizens in public policy formulation and implementation in Nigeria
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This paper examined electronic governance platform’s ability to
mitigate the hitherto non-inclusion of citizens in policy formulation and
implementation in Nigeria. To achieve the objective of the study, secondary
data collected from books, journals and government websites of 20 states were
analysed to ascertain whether there are avenues for citizens to interact with
governments in policy formulation as a way of promoting participatory
governance. The study revealed that while electronic governance is a possible
solution to overcoming the challenges of non-inclusion of citizens in the
formulation of public policy; but its adoption is yet to be achieved due to the
low level of literacy rate and government inability to provide the necessary
infrastructure. It, therefore, recommends the need for the Federal Government of Nigeria to involve a sound and clear guideline on how to adopt electronic
governance in policy formulation through an increase in budgetary allocation
towards infrastructural development and mass education of citizens.
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HF5601 Accounting, JA Political science (General), QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science