Concepts Of Good Government

Concepts Of Good Government

Chapter One

Preface

Background of the study

Good government, according to the World Bank Report( 2010) is the exercise of political power in the operation of a nation’s affairs. This description therefore implies that governance encompasses the state’s institutional and structural arrangements, decision- making processes and perpetration capacity, and relationship between the governing outfit and the governed- that is the people in terms of their standard of living. Odock( 2011) in his analysis sees good governance as “ a system of government grounded on good leadership, respect for the rule of law and due process, the responsibility of the political leadership to the electorate as well as translucency in the operations of government ”. translucency, Odock editorialized that it has to do with the leadership carrying out government business in an open, easy to understand and unequivocal manner, similar that the rules made by government, the programs enforced by the government and the results of government conditioning are easy to corroborate to the ordinary citizens. Responsibility as a element of good governance refers to the fact that those who enthrall positions of leadership in the government must give account or subject themselves to the will and desire of the society and people they lead. Unfortunately, this is lacking in the public sphere in Nigeria. Governance generally emphasizes leadership which suggests the way political leaders meaning the outfit of the state, use or abuse power, to promote social and profitable development or to engage in those dockets that largely undermine the consummation of the good effects of life for the people. Good governance is in tandem with popular governance which is largely characterized by high valued principles similar as rule of law, responsibility, participation, translucency, mortal and civil rights. These governance rates have the capacity to give the development process of a country. Onifade( 2011) has posed a critical question as to whether it’s possible to have good governance without good leadership. Our understanding of reality points to the fact that the former is logically deduced from the ultimate because where there’s effective and effective leadership, there’s bound to be good governance. Achebe( 1983) had argued convincingly in his seminal book, ‘ The Trouble with Nigeria ’, that the failure of leadership to rise to its responsibility, to the challenges of particular exemplary life easily shows why the nation has the problem of true leadership. It’s exemplary leadership that can hoist the people, better the lives of the populace and see that the people as much as possible enjoy the public coffers without ado as is the case in utmost advanced republic similar as the United States, Canada, Switzerland and some forthcoming developing nations similar as Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Korea, theoretical explanations have been advanced by similar scholars Migdal( 1988), Zartman( 1995) about the fact that in the absence of governance, a nation may witness state collapse or failure. This has been the lot of utmost African countries including Nigeria where lead governance has held sway. A state immaculately is meant to be an association, composed of several agencies led and coordinated by the state leadership( administrative authority) which has capacity and authority to make and apply the finding rules for all the people and applying force if necessary to have its way. Zartman( 1995) specifically notes that the status of a state is reviewed as failed or collapsed when it exhibits incapability to fulfill the functions of a state similar as the autonomous authority, decision- making institution and security patron for its population. This can lead to structure, authority( licit power), law and political order falling piecemeal. On the other hand, conflict has come an evitable miracle in mortal actuality. As long as there are social connections between individualities and groups in the society, conflict will persist. Although, conflict frequently initiates change in society, its violent form is negative and reverses societal progress, promoting poverty and lawlessness. There’s n o mistrustfulness that violent conflict has extorted annihilation on our collaborative and public social fabrics since 1999, in particular, when electoral republic was ennobled in Nigeria. Compounding the problem of underdevelopment in Nigeria is micro nationalism, ethnical, religious and collaborative conflicts which pose great trouble to peace, security and progress. The heads had closed the doors of fellowship, commerce and fellowship among the colorful ethnical groups in the nation. thus, attempts at promoting peacefulco-existence among the colorful individualities that exists in the nation becomes antithetical if not fugitive as colorful ethnical, religious, political, profitable and social catastrophe keep one reenacting in the polity. This has compounded the situation of instability in Nigeria’s fragile civil system which, over the times, has endured ethnical, religious and political heads of monumental proportions. The most ruinous amongst these have been collaborative conflicts in all corridor of the country. The frequent circumstance of conflict in Nigeria in recent times is a trouble not only to republic but also to the commercial actuality of the country as a political reality. Since good governance is an essential component in the creation of peaceful concurrence in the society given its necessary rudiments of rule of law, mortal right protection, free and fair election, responsibility, independent court of law as well as creating the right terrain for socio- profitable development( AbdulMaleek 2011). thus, this work seeks to estimate good governance.

Statement of the problem

Governance, can be said to be the process of decision timber and the process by which opinions are enforced or notimplemented.however, when it comes to good governance It’s participatory, agreement acquainted, responsible, transparent, responsive, effective and effective, indifferent and inclusive and follows the rule of law. It assures that corruption is minimized, the views of nonages are taken into account and that the voices of the most vulnerable in society are heard in decision timber. It’s also responsive to the present and unborn requirements of society. Hence, the need for good governance in conflict operation

Ideal Of The Study

The general ideal of the study is to examine good government as it pertains to the handling of a nation. The specific ideal is as follows

To examine what good government is each about.

ii. To find out the benefit of a good government.

iii. To probe the challenges of good government.

iv. To assess how good government can be bettered upon.

Exploration Questions

The following questions have been prepared for the study

To examine what good government is each about.

ii. To find out the benefit of a good government.

iii. To probe the challenges of good government.

iv. To assess how good government can be bettered upon.

Significance of the study

The significance of this study can not be undervalued as

This study will be significant to the government as it’ll examine how good government will ameliorate the social, profitable, and ameliorate political stability of the country, the study will also expose the challenges government face in carrying out a good governance on the crowd of a country.

The findings of this exploration work will be significant to the academic community as it’ll contribute to the being literature.

Compass Of The Study

This study will examine what good government is each about. The study will also find out the benefit of a good government. The study will further probe the challenges of good government. Incipiently, the study will assess how good government can be bettered upon.

Limitation of the study

Like in every mortal bid, the experimenters encountered slight constraints while carrying out the study. inadequate finances tend to stymie the effectiveness of the experimenter in sourcing for the applicable accoutrements , literature, or information and in the process of data collection( internet, questionnaire, and interview), which is why the experimenter resorted to a moderate choice of sample size. More so, the experimenter will contemporaneously engage in this study with other academic work. As a result, the quantum of time spent on exploration will be reduced.