A development plan is supposed to be sustainable and flexible so that any government that comes into power can keep on with its implementation.
However, this has not been the case in Nigeria, each administration comes up with its new policies and then does away with that of the previous administration. Most times, elections come with new government officials and in cases where the new government is from a different political party from the predecessors, the project might not continue. This why most projects in Nigeria are never completed because of the instability of government and their policies.
The effect of corruption pervades almost every sector in Nigeria. Corruption is the root cause of stagnancy in the country. Most times, the government, those in the planning committee, as well as contractors, seek their selfish interests. Thus, a huge sum of money that is supposed to be used for national development and for the benefit of the masses are unaccounted for as a result of embezzlement and money laundering.
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These new projects compete for resources with already approved ones and most times, the plan is distorted. Laws should be enacted to enforce discipline in the completion developmental projects no matter the ruling party.
Mass media should be employed to educate the people on plans being considered, its objectives, strategic implementation plans and feedback mechanism installed. This will go a long way to ensure commitment of the masses to bring these plans to realization. The relationship between a good development plan and efficient data collection cannot be overemphasized. The data gotten greatly influences the projection of the economic needs of the people and requirements of the nation generally.
Effective collection of data and record keeping will result in effective plans and alongside other factors, cause the needed development.
Asides poor projections over expected revenue, the scandals propagating in the oil sector must be put in check. Nonetheless, special attention should be given to ensure money recovered or allotted for development projects is put to good use and penalty meted out to defaulters. This was saved for last because it has to do with every individual in Nigeria; the President, the governor, the minister, the local government chairperson, the man on the street, the woman and the child.
The spirit of patriotism in every citizen will in no small measure advance the course of development in Nigeria. It is not about what the government does for you or what you do for the government, it is about civic-mindedness. Finally, it is important to note that these proffered solutions will accomplish much independently to bring about change for the better.
Collectively though, they will cause significant progress in infrastructural development, job creation, deepened reforms and ultimately national development. With over 1M unique users per month across all channels , we have a large audience for you to showcase your products and services. Apply for Freelance writing jobs in Nigeria.
Do you have a press release, breaking news, or any other helpful information to share with our growing readers? Arguably, the challenge of development planning in Nigeria is compounded by the fact that sustainable development itself is not so much on the agenda of successive Nigerian governments and the absence of a true development agenda has not placed the country on the right sustainable development path.
It is instructive to note that while there had been plethora of activities couched and cosmetically dubbed development plans, true development has not been on the agenda as far as the Nigerian leadership is concerned. In fact, lack of clear vision is the foundational basis for the disjointed mission with poorly tangible results in all the globally recognized and acceptable developmental indicators that had so far attended development planning efforts in Nigeria Ejumudo There are many reasons for the failure of development plans in Nigeria, however just four will be discussed in the course of this assignment.
Inadequate Statistical Data Planning relies basically on data. One of the major problems of development planning has been the inadequacy of statistical data concerning all aspect of the economy. Accurate data is a very scarce commodity in Nigeria due to problems arising from the inadequacies of the federal office of statistics, the unwillingness of Nigerians to reveal information and the outright manipulation of data for pecuniary or other gains. Corruption Another major reason why development plans have failed in Nigeria is corruption.
Corruption in Nigeria has been institutionalized and catapulted raised to the level of a structural parameter. Thus it has become part of the value-system of a society, that is to say, a condition par excellence It could be asserted that from the strategic corruption of the cement armada to the mega tonic corruption of the second Republic we have consciously or unconsciously, created systemic corruption in the country and the trend has continued through the third and fourth republics to the extent that it will not be a distortion of historical facts to assert that corruption is at home with Nigerians.
This explains why funds approved for the implementation of a project in line with a development plan are squandered by an individual or a group of individuals without any sanction. Lack of Plan Discipline Nigerians seem to lack the political will to keep to our plans. While there are enough rules in the plans to enforce plan discipline, Nigerian leaders simply have a special knack for side tracking development plans.
Though plan projects acquired priorities since , these are invariably ignored by the bureaucratic bourgeoisie in a blatant demonstration of the superiority of its selfish class interests over avowed national objectives. Typical examples could be found in the FESTAC which cost hundreds of millions of Naira, yet nowhere in any plan document and the Universal Primary Education UPE programme which was not in the second plan, yet its implementation began during that plan and its critical phase commenced during the third plan.
In fact, the plans of the various governments could be described as competitive in character, problem distortion and aberration in plan execution as well as under spending on directly productive projects and overspending on prestige or white elephant projects not included in the plan.
Flaws in the Strategies adopted by the Government, especially in Rural Infrastructural Development Programmes: The synthesis of government activities reveals that during the past few years, series of constructive programmes and far reaching actions were taken by the government to combat rural infrastructural problems, which are far from being solved due to flaws in the strategies adopted by the government such as: i using only the development plans as an instruments for programming resource allocations for different sectors of the economy hence failing to recognize the facts that various rural communities having different ecological situations in Nigeria, differ in the nature and degree of their needs Okafor, ; ii duplication of programmes between the different tiers of government.
Sometimes, there is the duplication of programmes between the different tiers of government Olayiwola and Adeleye, Firstly, the government should ensure that the National Bureau of Statistics NBS is in competent hands and the resources needed for their proper functioning is provided by the government. The minister, who spoke in Minna, the Niger state capital, when he declared open a two-day national workshop on Nigerian dress culture and sustainable economic development, stated that culture has been recognised globally as a driver of sustainable development.
According to the minister, who was represented by a director in the ministry, Mr. Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma, regretted that the patronage of foreign dress culture, especially by our teeming youths have contributed to the moribund state of the textile industry in Nigeria.
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