Opinion: Nigeria and Institutional Reform Insights From Rwanda, By Tunji Olaopa
As is to be expected, a conflict situation in any country is usually a devastating one that extremely undermines the institutional integrity of that country. During the Nigerian Civil War, estimated 2’000’000 casualties lost their lives. In the space of four horrific months, from April to July, 1994, Rwanda lost an estimated 800’000 citizens, Hutus and Tutsi alike. What is immediately obvious is that wars decimate the human capital of any state.
Downsizing had always been a very thorny issue in the study of administrative efficiency. it has been found to be the first condition for institutional efficiency. This is because a bloated public service, most of the time, does not compensate for the competency and skill gap that undermine efficiency of the system.
Very critical to Rwanda’s institutional reform success is its adoption of a performance-based public finance management. This reform has two significant part. The first is the adoption of a stringent procedure for budget formulation and reporting. Essentially, budgets are tied to sectoral policy objectives. The implication of this is that the ministry of finance consults more with the MDAs to understand their agenda and factor them into the budget formulation.
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