Political Leadership and Public Accountability in Post-colonial Nigeria
Inakefe Gabriel Inakef, Bassey Virtue Uduak, Mbonu Felix Ifenna
Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · pp. 1–13 · Published 1 Jul 2021
10.9734/arjass/2021/v14i430242Abstract
In the quest for transparency and accountability in the public sector, several political administrations have initiated public sector reforms to promote accountability and transparency in Nigeria. The paper investigates the impact of political leadership on political accountability and fiscal accountability in Nigeria. It also explains why the problem of lack of accountability has thrived despite the numerous reforms which have been introduced to abate it. Anchored in a documentary/historical research design, the paper observed that the problem of lack of accountability thrives because of legal lapses, weakness of civil society organizations, political patronage and the principle of possessive individualism/primitive capital accumulation that the country’s elites are buried in. The paper recommends policy learning, adherence to the principles of the constitution and constitutionalism, civil society advocacy, and recall to engender accountability in the Nigerian public sector.
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