Dr. Joe Abah studied Law at the University of Calabar and worked on many human rights cases in the era of military rule. He obtained an M.A. from the London Guildhall University, United Kingdom. He thereafter went into the Governance sector, first working on public sector reform programmes for the United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Office. He has spent more than 10 years managing governance programmes in Nigeria for the U.K. Department for International Development, including on the DAI-led State Partnership for Accountability Responsiveness and Capability project. From 2013 to 2017, Dr. Abah took a post with the Government of Nigeria
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“POCKETS OF EFECTIVENESS” IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE AND LESSONS FOR ACCELERATING NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
It is well established that even in countries that have poor governance and weakpublic sectors, exceptional, well-functioning government and government-supportedagencies do exist. – David K. Leonard (2008)You need to do ten times what is ordinary in this environment to get anything done.You need to be a little crazy. – Nuhu Ribadu. 1.0 IntroductionI start this lecture by paying tribute to the convener of the Iju Public Affairs Forum, Professor Ladipo Adamolekun. Many would ask what the purpose of these lectures is. Why does an accomplished, world-class intellectual spend his retirement funds on organizing public discourses on topical societal issues? What
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