Oscillation of Public Administration Paradigms and the Management of Public Service in Nigeria: Trajectory and Lessons
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This paper chronicles various Public Administration paradigms and juxtaposes them with the
management of Public Service (as an institution) in Nigeria. Attempts at making the public
bureaucracy an effective instrument of development in Nigeria can be located in Public Service
Reforms, and it is observable that the country has a long history in this. This study adopts
the qualitative approach with a reliance on secondary data which were textually analysed,
using the Neo-Weberian State Model as the theoretical framework. It is obvious that Nigeria’s
experience with administrative reforms typifies an obsession with the traditional Weberian
practice, as well as a half-hearted romance with SAP-induced/NPM reforms which labelled
the country as a “hesitant reformer”. The paper emphasises a re-discovery of the values of
Public Service in Nigeria based on the tenets of the NWS model. Other recommendations can
also address the issues raised by the paper.
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JC Political theory