Benue State University, Makurdi

The Civil Service, the Political Class and the National Question in Nigeria

Cheif Wonotanzokan Nzeda Tagowa

Abstract

Generally speaking the civil service provides the semblance of government. Hence the effectiveness of any government is determined, to a large extent, by the efficiency of the civil service. The civil service as the administrative and technical support for any political leadership is the instrument for both policy advice and implementation. James O'Connell argues that "political leadership without administrative and technical support is power in a vacuum; administration without political leadership is only tidiness in stagnation.'" It goes without saying that an effective, efficient and competent civil service is a sine-qua-non for a modern state.

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