2023 and Beyond: Unlocking Binding Constraints to Policy Execution in Nigeria By Tunji Olaopa 2023 is significant in the annals of Nigerian history because it does not only signal a change of government, but more fundamentally,
2023 is significant in the annals of Nigerian history because it does not only signal a change of government, but more fundamentally, it signals a year that Nigeria could potentially get her bearing right, especially in terms of a seamless transition from election, to governance, to performance, and to national economic transformation.
The second constraint is the tendency, especially in practice, to separate between policy design and implementation process.
And here we return to the fundamentals: the real issue in the entire policymaking and governance challenge reside in the urgent need to balance between. Policy execution is the critical fundamental to transforming the policymaking and governance challenge in Nigeria. The days to keep multiplying governance plans, programs and blueprints are definitely over as we get closer to 2023 and the general election.
Of course, more effort is required to get Nigeria to a point where the cumulated bad governance of the past could be canceled by a concerted effort at ensuring good governance. We have gone too far in the wrong direction to think we could be satisfied with just the barest reform successes. We must keep pushing the bounds of reform effectiveness before we can dare to rest a bit on our oars.
Following the above as a correlation is the urgent need for Nigeria to develop, through its performance-oriented public service, a national service delivery model. Four years, from 2023 to 2027, are too little and too many to achieve great governance objectives if the incoming administration gets a better handle on time.
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