Volume 3, Issue 1 (December)

Articles in this Issue

9 articles
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Research Article

Crisis Management and the Interface between Politics and Administration: An Inference from the Nigerian’s Government Response to Covid-19 Pandemic

Usman Abbo*, Saidu Ahmad Dukawa

Covid-19 pandemic has created a ramifying public Administrative, economic, and political crisis in many countries across the globe. The pandemic has now appeared to be a thing of the past, however, now is the time for public administration researchers and political scientists to start understanding how and why governments responded the way they have, by exploring how effective these responses appe...

Dec, 2023 pp. 1-15
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Research Article

Development without the Communities: Assessing Constituency Projects in the Niger Delta Region

Ibrahim Saleh Maitala*

Development planning in Nigeria has a long history of top-down planning, inherited from the colonial regime. This planning approach has oftentimes neglected the grassroots, whom development is intended for, in the planning and implementation of these projects. This approach to planning has affected government efforts negatively in addressing underdevelopment at the grassroots. Hence, the introduct...

Dec, 2023 pp. 16-33
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Research Article

Intersections Between Community Based Organizations’ Engagement, Livelihood Diversification and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria

Usman Abba Idris*, Muhammad Inuwa Shuaib

Poverty is a global phenomenon but the effects manifest most in the rural areas of sub Saharan Africa and South East Asia. Poverty in Nigeria, despite its natural resources endowment, has eaten deep into the fabrics of many societies. Community-based organizations (CBOs) in Nigeria play a pivotal role in addressing poverty through livelihood diversification strategies. The intersection of CBOs, li...

Dec, 2023 pp. 34-48
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Research Article

The System of Government and Administration in Sweden and United Arab Emirate: A Comparative Study

Sirajo Bello*, Naziru Muhammed Musalli, Ibrahim Mudi Kurfi

The need to make study of public administration scientific, motivated scholars to embark on a meticulous cross-national and cross-cultural study of different systems of administration across the world with the aim of exploring the best practices and developing a universal theory of public administration. In line with the above, this study sought to compare systems of government and administration ...

Dec, 2023 pp. 49-58
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Research Article

Reviewing the Political Economy of Service Delivery and Bureaucracy in Public Universities Administration in Nigeria: A study of Kwara State University, Malete

Ibrahim O. Salawu*, Abubakar S. Yushau Alfakoro

One of the most embraced forms of organizational theories today is the bureaucratic theory. This is owing to its principles of formalization, standardization, impersonal relations, and rationalization. Currently, all organizations comprising the public and private sector find it as the best slant to improve organizational effectiveness. However, the objective of this paper is to catalog the negati...

Dec, 2023 pp. 59-68
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Research Article

Dynamism in the Farmers-Herders Clashes in Nigeria: An assessment of the Environmental Causes

Mbah Iyua*, Abioye Wasiu Olatunji, Kazeem Aderemi Asiyanbi

The recurrent clashes between the settled farmers and the nomadic herdsmen in the country purportedly the claims of access to land and other resources portray a serious danger to the existing peace and security as well as country’s cohesion. The ransacking of farm lands by the herdsmen and rustling of cattle by the village farmers are identify as the major causes alongside climate change and the i...

Dec, 2023 pp. 69-83
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Research Article

The Intricacies of Democracy, Leadership and National Development: The Nigerian Experience

Moshood A. Olatunji*, Lawal A. Bakare, Tijani Jimoh

This study focused on a critical analysis of the notions of democracy, leadership, and national development in Nigeria. Founded upon the collective agreement of citizens, and strengthening their socio-economic well-being, democracy is to align with developmental agenda of every nation that practice it. However, the Nigerian context presents a less favourable experience with democracy. The nation's...

Dec, 2023 pp. 84-97
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Research Article

Effect of Government Capital Expenditure on Agricultural Development of Katsina State

Rafiat Mohammed*, Hamza A. Yusuf

The study is an attempt to examine the Effect of Government Capital Expenditure on Agricultural Development of Katsina State. It cannot be contested the fact that agriculture is the immediate basis for food production. Therefore, the main objective of the study was to examine the short run and long run dynamic relationship between Government Capital Expenditure and crop production. The study cover...

Dec, 2023 pp. 98-109
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Research Article

Implementing Community Based Health Insurance Schemes: A Mechanism for Health Care Service Delivery in Kano Metropolis

Fatima Oyine Ibrahim*, Aisha Abdul Ismail, Abubakar Tabiu, Hafsat Yahaya Yakasai, Umar Abdulkadir Umar

The lethargic nature of the Nigerian health system, ravaged by numerous operational and administrative crises, had necessitated the establishment of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as one of Nigerian government’s health reform measure aimed at securing better health care for Nigerians. However, only the formal sector insurance scheme was fully operational while the informal sector scheme l...

Dec, 2023 pp. 110-128
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