Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Public Policy and Administration

Advisor

Victoria B. Landu-Adams

Abstract

AbstractNigeria has many human and natural resources, but its citizens live in poverty because of a lack of sufficient policies in addition to mismanagement and misappropriation of resources. The purpose of this generic qualitative study was to explore the impact of government governance policies on socioeconomic development in Nigeria to provide strategic policy direction. The institutional analysis development framework served as the theoretical foundation. The research question focused on how diverse government governance policies have impacted socioeconomic development issues in Nigeria. The perspectives of 12 policy and development experts were sought through semistructured interviews. Data were triangulated with field notes, journals, and archival policy documents. Member checking was used to improve the credibility and trustworthiness of the data. Fourteen themes and policy strategies and directions emerged from the thematic analysis, some examples include:(a) bad governance strategy; (b) budget proposal, development plan and annual budget; (c) political interference and personal preferences strategy; (d) external influences strategy; (e) centralization of power and local governance failure; (f) deficient budgeting process, decision making and ideology on policy; (g) lack of inter-agency coordination and collaboration; (h) poor leadership in Nigeria . The study outcomes may be used for positive social change by encouraging appropriate strategic policy direction and its implementation to reduce poverty, impact livelihood, and improve the standard of living in Nigeria.

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