TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS CATALYSTS FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorOlorunsuwa, E.O.
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-29T10:33:31Z
dc.date.available2025-04-29T10:33:31Z
dc.date.issued2021-04-28
dc.description.abstractNational development has been linked to the dual concepts of accountability and transparency, such that the former rests squarely on the strengths of the two. Any country desiring development must inculcate the acts of subjecting the holders of public offices to continuous public scrutiny while also granting unrestricted access to the public to check her books at any time. Public office holders must also inculcate the habit of rendering accounts of their stewardship periodically to the public. The paper traces the origin of the concept of accountability, with a cursory look with its types and forms; and provides a vivid explanation for its closeness with transparency especially in the context of national development. The exploratory technique was employed while relying on secondary data sources for analysis. It concludes that effort towards national growth will only yield positive results only when government businesses are conducted with openness and answerability to the public. Strengthening of laws and government structures, mechanism of control for anti-graft agencies and deliberate political will to put the Freedom of Information Act in to work among others are recommended.
dc.identifier.issn2545-5826
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/15668
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, UMAR MUSA YARADUA UNIVERSITY, KATSINA
dc.relation.ispartofseries7(1b); 208-226
dc.subjectTransperency
dc.subjectNational Development
dc.subjectDevelopment
dc.subjectAccontability
dc.subjectPublic Office
dc.titleTRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS CATALYSTS FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS FROM NIGERIA
dc.typeArticle

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