Matthew Ogali
Dr. Matthew Dayi Ogali was born on March 7th 1959 at Okrika in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. He joined the Department of Political and Administrative Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Port Harcourt in 2007 as an Assistant Lecturer, but is now Senior Lecturer. He had his primary education at Ogoloma Town School, Ogoloma, Okrika (1965-1973)
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Structural segmentation, through the creation of various administrative units, bodies, institutions, commissions, authorities, agencies, boards, etc. (generally called MDAs) saddled with the responsibility for the performance of specific administrative and developmental functions, has been a consistent trend in Nigeria. This paper studies the necessity and effectiveness of these bodies in the administration of development in Nigeria. While the paper demonstrates the inevitability of creation of such bodies as a means of facilitating development in a developing country like Nigeria, it also argues against the politicization of the process that has led to ineffectiveness, redundancy, a drain on the economy and eventual failure of development administration. The paper adopts the twin theories of structural differentiation and functional specificity enunciated by a group of liberal scholars such as Gabriel Almond, Sidney Verba, Bingham Powell, James Coleman, Joseph La Palombara, Fred Riggs, etc., as its theoretical framework. The objective of the paper is to evaluate the performance of these administrative bodies, provide an overview of their contributions to the development process, articulate the policy implications of their politicization and recommend possible reorganization for better performance in development administration. The significance of the study lies in its call for proper management of the process of structural segmentation to achieve the developmental objectives of Nigeria as a developing nation. Methodologically the paper relies mainly on secondary sources for data collection. The scope of the paper is Nigeria-wide with emphasis on the period between colonial rule and 2012. The findings include a realization that sub-administrative units and MDAs, if properly organized, managed and closely scrutinized, could provide the vehicle for accelerated development in Nigeria. Conclusively, the paper emphasizes that, rather than the Oronsaye Committee’s recommendation of merger and scrapping they should be more effectively managed for better results, except in particular instances of duplication, superfluity and redundancy.
Key words: Segmentation, Structures, Differentiation, Specificity, Autonomy, Development.
Structural segmentation, through the creation of various administrative units, bodies, institutions, commissions, authorities, agencies, boards, etc. (generally called MDAs) saddled with the responsibility for the performance of specific administrative and developmental functions, has been a consistent trend in Nigeria. This paper studies the necessity and effectiveness of these bodies in the administration of development in Nigeria. While the paper demonstrates the inevitability of creation of such bodies as a means of facilitating development in a developing country like Nigeria, it also argues against the politicization of the process that has led to ineffectiveness, redundancy, a drain on the economy and eventual failure of development administration. The paper adopts the twin theories of structural differentiation and functional specificity enunciated by a group of liberal scholars such as Gabriel Almond, Sidney Verba, Bingham Powell, James Coleman, Joseph La Palombara, Fred Riggs, etc., as its theoretical framework. The objective of the paper is to evaluate the performance of these administrative bodies, provide an overview of their contributions to the development process, articulate the policy implications of their politicization and recommend possible reorganization for better performance in development administration. The significance of the study lies in its call for proper management of the process of structural segmentation to achieve the developmental objectives of Nigeria as a developing nation. Methodologically the paper relies mainly on secondary sources for data collection. The scope of the paper is Nigeria-wide with emphasis on the period between colonial rule and 2012. The findings include a realization that sub-administrative units and MDAs, if properly organized, managed and closely scrutinized, could provide the vehicle for accelerated development in Nigeria. Conclusively, the paper emphasizes that, rather than the Oronsaye Committee’s recommendation of merger and scrapping they should be more effectively managed for better results, except in particular instances of duplication, superfluity and redundancy.
Key words: Segmentation, Structures, Differentiation, Specificity, Autonomy, Development.