Open AccessThe Nigerian National Budget and Development Engineering Under Civil Rule
Author(s) -
Samuel O. Oyedele
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of public administration and governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2161-7104
DOI - 10.5296/jpag.v4i4.6913
Subject(s) - legislature , language change , government (linguistics) , national budget , national development , politics , developing country , national government , business , public administration , economics , economic policy , economic growth , political science , law , art , linguistics , philosophy , literature
Developed countries of the world always utilize their national budget as viable tools for development engineering. This is because of the potentials of effective budgets for the realization of better lives for the citizenry of such countries. However, the effective management of national budget has remained a mirage in developing countries including Nigeria. This paper examines the performance of national budgets in Nigeria under the present civilian government. The paper discovered dismal failure in the performances of national budgets as a result of irreconcilable disagreement between the Executive and the Legislature leading to delays in budget implementation as well as large corruption among other factors. The paper infers that public budgeting in Nigeria requires radical re-organization and re-orientation coupled with strong political will to make national budgets become powerful instrument for development engineering.