DECENTRALIZATION: PANACEA FOR MALADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA

ADEDIJI, OYENIRAN

CAHIERS AFRICAINS D`ADMINISTRATION PUBLIQUE. AFRICAN ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES, n.º 65/2005, pág. 63 a 73

I. INTRODUCTION. II. CONCEPTUAL CLARIFICATIONS. III. FACTORS OF MALADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT. IV. LOGIC OF DECENTRALIZATION. 1. CONSULTATION. 2. PARTICIPATION. 3. CONTROL. 4. FLEXIBILITY OF MANAGEMENT STYLES AND TECHNIQUES. V. LIMITS TO, AND PROBLEMS OF, DECENTRALIZATION. 1. SCARCITY OF NECESSARY CONDITIONS. 2. QUESTION OF RESOURCES. 3. QUESTION OF UNCONTROLLED EXPLOITATION. 4. THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CENTRE HOLDS. 5. PROBLEM OF PARTICIPATION. VI. IRREVERSIBILITY OF DECENTRALIZATION. VII. CONCLUSION.