ISSN: 2278-4853 Vol 9, Issue 6, June, 2020 Impact Factor: SJIF 2020 = 6.882
Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research (AJMR)
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1) To investigate the status of service delivery in Nigeria;
2) To make effort and unravel the causes or otherwise of poor service provision in Nigeria using
key selected services; and
3) To make useful suggestions to improve the situation.
RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
Three hypotheses were proposed and tested for this study. These were:
1.
There is no relationship between good governance and focused service delivery in Nigeria;
2.
There is no relationship between effective implementation of government policies and
programmes and provision of adequate delivery of services in Nigeria
3.
There is no relationship between adequacy and potency of existing structures of
government agencies and institutions and effective, consistent and qualitative service
delivery in Nigeria.
METHODOLOGY
The descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. Nigerians of voting age were randomly
selected on a nationally representative sample of 6,000 respondents in four of the six geopolitical
zones to provide empirical information on the impact of governance and service delivery on the
citizenry in Nigeria. The North East and North West Region of the country were excluded due to
the high rate of violence and insecurity and its portended risk to research/field assistant in those
areas. The principal sampling unit was the electoral ward. The sample size of 6,000 respondents
was drawn from the population for administration of questionnaire through the use of multi-stage
sampling design which consists of eight states (8); two (2) each from the four geopolitical zones;
32 local government areas (i.e. 4 LGs each) and 64 wards (i.e. 2 Wards each); out of which 5,721
questionnaires were completed and returned (overall response rate of 95%). The Questionnaire
was centred on three key service areas: health, education and electricity. It borders on availability
and quality of personnel, availability and quality of services, as well as consistency of services
delivered. These questions were coined to measure the effectiveness or otherwise of governance
in regard to service delivery. This study was conducted between March, 2013 and February,
2015.
Primary and secondary data formed the nuclei of data collection for analysis. The primary source
of data was based on the administration of questionnaire, while the secondary source included
perusal of textbooks, journals, newspapers, magazines, internet amongst others. The data
collected were analyzed using standardized methods. To this end, the Chi-Square (x
2
) and simple
percentage were used to test and analyze the questionnaire
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