Role of the Ombudsman in Nigeria
| Author: | Bennett A. Odunsi | |
| Year: | 2007 | |
| Pages: | 192 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-5336-9 978-0-7734-5336-4 | |
| Price: | $159.95 + shipping | |
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This study reviews the Nigerian legal tradition before and after the advent of the British colonial administration. After gaining independence from British colonial rule, the government did not deviate from the established practice of the colonial administration in relation to the protection of the rights of the citizens. The only available channel for citizens to challenge arbitrary and capricious action of administrative officials is the ordinary courts of law. Justice in administrative areas under this arrangement often seems slow and wanting. Therefore, the military government instituted a commission of enquiry to analyze and find ways to improve the situation which recommended the establishment of the institution of the Ombudsman. In 1975, the Murtala military administration established the Public Complaints Commission as a supplement to the court system to correct flagrant disregard of basic standards of human rights by administrative officials
Reviews
“Political scientist Bennett Odunsi points out in this survey of the origins and structures of the Ombudsman, and its particular travail in Nigeria ... Dr. Odunsi is critical of the functioning of the Ombudsman in Nigeria and offers recommendations for change ... The government must act on the recommendations of the National Ombudsman and its actions must be timely, transparent and responsive.” – Dr. Mary Coleman, Associate Dean and Director University Scholars Program, Jackson state University, College of Liberal Arts
“In this book, Dr. Bennett Odunsi explores the role of Ombudsman through a comparative analysis of the functions and public administrative structures of these accountability institutions within a select group of developing and developed countries ... Practitioners as well as students of public administration and administrative law, public policy decision makers and all other stakeholders engaged in the design and execution of public policy will find this book most valuable.” – Dr. Maurive Y. Mongkuo, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Director of MPA Program & Intelligence Studies Program, Fayettevile State University
“In this book, Dr. Bennett Odunsi explores the role of Ombudsman through a comparative analysis of the functions and public administrative structures of these accountability institutions within a select group of developing and developed countries ... Practitioners as well as students of public administration and administrative law, public policy decision makers and all other stakeholders engaged in the design and execution of public policy will find this book most valuable.” – Dr. Maurive Y. Mongkuo, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Director of MPA Program & Intelligence Studies Program, Fayettevile State University
Table of Contents
Foreword by Mary Coleman, Ph.D.
Preface
Acknoweldgements
1 Introduction
2 Relevant Historical Perspectives in Nigeria
3 The Ombudsman in World Perspectives
4 The Ombudsman Institution in Nigeria
5 The Impact of the PCC in Nigeria: An Assessment
6 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Preface
Acknoweldgements
1 Introduction
2 Relevant Historical Perspectives in Nigeria
3 The Ombudsman in World Perspectives
4 The Ombudsman Institution in Nigeria
5 The Impact of the PCC in Nigeria: An Assessment
6 Conclusion
Bibliography
Index