Faculty of Social Sciences

ABSTRACT

This study intends to examine Public policy and governance in Nigeria: A study of Buhari’s civilian government. Despite the government establishment of various public sectors and facilities across the country, the country is still facing serious problem of various kinds, is it the government that is not financing these public sectors and facilities, or are the people not partaking in the public policy services, or are the policies not effective to the lives of the citizens? These and many unanswered questions prompted the researcher to go into investigation on public policy and governance in Nigeria. The study employed the descriptive survey research design; primary and secondary data sources were used and data was analyzed using descriptive statistical tool which was presented in frequency tables and percentage. 55 respondents were used. The study findings revealed that health policies are fully implemented and it has contributed immensely to the development of the people, contributing to the effectiveness in governance on the path of the government, it was however noted that despite the numerous public policies on health related issues on the effectiveness of governance, the
policies are faced with some problems such as corruption, inadequate health workers and medical equipments. It is recommended that. As a policy and for effective governance, government should increase the number of health facilities across the nation so that everybody
will have the opportunity of accessing them easily, which can bring about governance dividend and development to the people and nation at large.