ENCYCLOPEDIA of policies of the Federal Republic of Nigeria vol.13
Date
2006
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Centre for Policy Research, Education and Development (CENPORED)
Abstract
Health and Related Policies; Health and Related Policies; The Environment & Related Policies ;Oil & Gas, Solid Minerals & Related Policies; Science and Technology & Related Policies ;The Constitution, National Economy & Related Policies; Defence, Peace, and Security Policies; Agriculture, Poverty Alleviation & Related Policies; Industry, Transport, Trade & Related Policies ;Education and Related Policies; Population, Youth, Sports & Gender Policies; Banking, Finance, Investment & Related Policies I ;Banking, Finance, Investment & Related Policies II ;Human Rights and Related Policies.
Description
Tracking the policy making process by the Federal Government for years have been very daunting but enriching experience indeed. Never before in the history of the country have, we had such a large number of policies as we have had in the past few years. These volumes are meant to provide researchers, investors, the diplomatic community, senior public servants and their counterparts in the private sector with a handy reference on the policies of the Federal Government. In these volumes, they can observe and compare the scope, Structure, sequence, pattern, approach and even weaknesses in the policy making process. As a result, they can identify gaps, patterns and the most critical ingredients and considerations in our policies as a nation. Building on these observations and patterns and the feedback they would provide, our policies can be made richer, relevant and more easily amenable to actualization. The Centre for Policy Research, Education and Development (CENPORED), have spearheaded the initiative to assemble, document and analyze the policies of the Federal Government in the wake of the bold democratic experiment, sweeping our polity. The main aim is not just to compile the policies and leave them on our shelves, but to use them as a basis for comparison, research and ultimately as instruments that can propel more articulate programme formulation, implementation and sustainable development generally. For many decades, we have expended enormous efforts in various development projects and yet our development challenges remain as daunting. Consultations, dialogue, research, debate and huge resources have gone into the policy-making process and yet the very ills, distortions and impediments they seek to redress not only remain but prove ever more intractable. How can policies serve the purpose of which they are intended? How can they better be transformed into implementable projects and programmes? These volumes seek, first and foremost to provoke a general concern about policy failure in our polity and secondly to help raise our determination to bridge the gap between policymaking and execution.