Public Policy Implementation Issues and Perspectives in Nigeria

Abstract

Public policy implementation globally bedeviled by numerous challenges ranging from corruption, lack of political will, maladministration, half-baked bureaucrats, unclear goals, lack of continuity commitment to policy, lack of clear definition and coordination, lack of appropriate machinery for policy implementation etcetera. In Africa specifically, the policy implementation appears to be on papers only. To some extent, the political actors will come up with a policy that is not viable. Therefore this paper was aimed to investigate the issues militating against policy implementation in Nigeria and proffer the solutions to those issues under investigations. The researcher relies on secondary data to attain the study’s aims and objectives.  The study identifies the following issues as to why public policies flop at the implementation stage include: corruption, lack of political will, pseudo bureaucrats, lack of conducive environment to implement the policies, lack of continuity, inadequate funding, maladministration among others. The study recommends that, political actors need to be proactive when it comes to policy implementation, government need to employ expert who have the technical know, agencies that is saddled with protection of public money need to checkmate the activities of political actors, the local community leaders need to be involve in the implementation process.