It is said that no government can build credibility if it
downplays the need to internalise efficient and effective
mechanisms in steering the wheel of governance. Hence, it is the
duty of government, public policy makers and other key stakeholders
within the government landscape to stay focused on maximizing the
gains of governance to the citizenry through transparency and
efficiency in the governance process. This cannot be achieved if
the machinery of government is fraught with bureaucratic
bottlenecks and a wide communication gap between the citizenry and
government which results in popular lack of confidence in extant
institutions of government by the citizenry.
Notably, the prevailing economic recession in Nigeria is
popularly attributed to corruption, inefficient governance practice
and weak institutions; these vices thrive in systems where there
are no hard set lines and enforcement mechanism for accountability
in governance. Transparency International reports
