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transparency and displays zero tolerance for corruption. This requires clarity of policy and a
strong commitment to its implementation. Efforts to strengthen service delivery should therefore
be directed at building the capacity of service delivery institutions and putting in place
practicable policies and programmes. To restore confidence, government should deliver its
promises on good governance which include: rule of law, free and fair elections and accessibility
to deliverable services. Others include, poverty alleviation, anti corruption, power supply,
security, employment generation and sustainable development. Nevertheless, there is observed
from the responses that the governance of service delivery has been moderately effective though
not satisfactory, resulting in positive changes in availability, accessibility, and quality. However,
it is becoming obvious that the Nigerian government, considering the plethora of issues and
challenges of governance, can no longer effectively manage and monitor the provision of
services by its agencies and parastatals. It is high time the government determine the strategic
services to provide and streamline its functions to ensure effectiveness.
In the light of the above, the following suggestions are proffered:
1.) There is need to plan and implement policies that will promote transparency and
accountability, engender institutional and structural innovations, produce social and cultural
re-orientation to advance human development.
2.) There should be determined commitment of the three tiers of government (federal state and
local government) in the areas of fund allocation to ensure provision of social services
beneficial to the people.
3.) Lack of proper coordination and genuine commitment, deficient infrastructural facilities and
lack of continuity of developmental policy action and enforcement should be discouraged
through proper planning and execution.
4.) Poor state of basic infrastructure and weak institutions inhibits sustainable growth and
improvement in social welfare. Leadership and stronger institutions could thus, be achieved
through education, promotion of popular democracy and free and fair election.
5.) The government should as a matter of priority investigates the cause(s) of failures in the
execution of service delivery development policies and take pragmatic actions to tackle this
serious and persistent malaise.
6.) Adequate feedback mechanism, a strong post implementation monitoring, a cultivated
maintenance culture involving community participation should be developed.
7.) Governance in Nigeria requires a strong law enforcing institution that would prosecute and
punish offenders to encourage moral rectitude and fight corruption.
8.) Above all, the citizens‘ through various civil society associations should demand for
transparency and accountability in the disbursement of funds, implementation of service
delivery programmes; to ensure efficiency and prevent mismanagement. Satisfactory services
cannot be achieved through passivity but by placing demand, agitation and pressure on the
apparatus or agency of governance.
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