Good Governance and Enforcement of Rules in Nigeria’s National Development

Abstract

This paper examined Good governance and enforcement of Rules in Nigeria’s development. Since independence till date, the tempo of democratic governance and nation building has not really shown much change because Nigeria’s national development plans and literature have been inundated with ethnic rivalry, civil war, coup d’etat, religious intolerance and gross misappropriation of public fund, thus governance has defied many simplistic solutions considering the gross inconsistency of governance policies and lack of effective implementation of existing ones. The study is exploratory and is analyzed descriptively. The study revealed that the nature of Nigerian State and the status of its institution require a restructuring in order to promote accountability as a necessaryconditions for effective public resources management that will enable access for engineering national development. Among other recommendations, the study suggests that government at all times should be prepared to demonstrate the political will to formulate policies, makes rules and also implement them for effective governance.