NCHUCHUWE FRIDAY FRANCIS

Public Administration

At the Public Administration department office

Appointment on Visitation important

Topic: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIA: WHAT HAS LEADERSHIP GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Description:

THE SUCCESS OF ANY ORGANISATION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IS DEPENDENT ON THE LEADER IT HAS. A LEADER IS THAT PERSON AT THE APEX OF THE ORGANISATION WHO PROVIDES DIRECTIONS FOR IT. THUS IT IS NOT OUT OF PLACE TO STATE THAT ANY ORGANISATION WITHOUT A LEADER IS LIKE A DORMANT COCOON THAT WILL REMAIN STAGNANT FOR AS LONG AS IT LACKS THE DESERVED LEADER THAT CAN TAKE THE ORGANISATION TO GREATER HEIGHTS. THE POINT REMAINS THAT WHEN AN ORGANISATION LACKS A GOOD LEADER THE ORGANISATION IS DOOMED. A LEADER CAN THEREFORE MAKE OR MAR AN ORGANISATION.  THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT AN EXEMPTION IN THIS REGARD. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT  WE DEVELOPED INTEREST IN LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE DELIVERY. WE DECIDED TO TAKE A STUDY OF FIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM THE FIVE DISTRICTS IN LAGOS STATE POPULARLY CALLED THE IBILE DISTRICTS NAMELY: IKORODU, BADAGRY, IKEJA, LAGOS ISLAND AND EPE. THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO PLACE THE IBILE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS  ON SUCH BASIC POLICIES AS ECONOMIC , EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH, AND ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THESE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA WILL BE EMPLOYED FOR THE STUDY. IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE STUDY BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT ALL ISSUES SURROUNDING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEADERS IN ACCOMPLISHING THESE POLICIES FOR SERVICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIA WILL BE UNFOLDED  

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	Post-Graduate Diploma (THEOLOGY)	BIBLE COLLEGE, REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, WORLD WIDE	2007

THE EVALUATION OF MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES FOR NIGERIA S SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1993-1997

MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES ARE ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS WITH WHICH GOVERNMENTS REVAMP THEIR ECONOMY. DURING THE MILITARY REGIME OF GENERAL SANNI ABACHA, FROM 1993 TO 1997, THE ECONOMY BECAME SO POOR THAT THERE WAS GENERAL ECONOMIC INSTABILITY IN NIGERIA. THE STUDY WAS THEN EMBARKED UPON TO EXAMINE SOME OF THE INSTRUMENTS FOR MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES IN NIGERIA AND TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WAS UTILISING SAME TO REVAMP THE ECONOMY. THE SURVEY RESEARCH METHOD AND SECONDARY DATA WERE APPLIED FOR THE STUDY. THE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICAL METHOD WAS USED TO ANALYSE THE DATA COLLECTED. THE STUDY REVEALED THAT SUCH MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICIES AS BANK INTEREST RATE AND COMPANY TAXES WERE ON THE HIGH SIDE WHICH DISCOURAGED MANY INVESTORS/BUSINESS MEN AND WOMEN FROM OBTAINING LOANS FROM THE BANK. SIMILARLY, COMPANY TAXES WERE ON THE HIGH SIDE THUS WEAKENING THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF MANY OF THE COMPANIES MAKING THEM NOT TO EXPAND. THE STUDY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT EXCEPT THE GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES THE CITIZENS BY ENCOURAGING THE BANKS TO REDUCE THEIR INTEREST RATES AND REDUCE THE TAXES PAID BY THE COMPANIES, ECONOMIC STABILITY AND GROWTH WILL REMAIN A FAR CRY. IT THEREFORE RECOMMENDED AMONG OTHERS THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD LOOK INTO THE HIGH TAX RATES AND BANK INTERESTS FOR LOAN SEEKERS TO REVAMP THE ECONOMY AND POSSIBLY GRANT TAX HOLIDAYS FOR NEW COMPANIES TO BE ESTABLISHED.

NCHUCHUWE FRANCIS is a Professor at the Department of Public Administration

NCHUCHUWE has a Post-Graduate Diploma in THEOLOGY from BIBLE COLLEGE, REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD, WORLD WIDE