Abstract The imperative of prober implementation of public policy of a nation needs not to be over emphasized. One can say without any fear of contradiction that any nation or sate where policy implementation is taken for granted relatively can hardly witness any progress to say the least. It follows that there exist an undeniable relationship between proper policy implementation and development. Why is it that public policy implementation unable to record remarkable success in Nigeria? The study examines policy in Nigeria and noted that it is an implementation paradox. Against the backdrop of the fact different administrations in Nigeria formulated series of lofty public policies but most cases, the success of this policies have been elusive due to poor implementation, abandonment, lack of coordination and no feedback mechanism, sectionalization, nepotism, primordial influences, ethno-religious bias, idiosyncrasy of policy formulator, egocentrism, selective and none implementation budget, misplaced priority, indiscipline and other issues are the paradox of public policy in Nigeria. The study suggest that adoption of due diligence is the catalyst to archiving lofty goals and objective for public policy implementation in Nigeria so that the aspiration of Nigeria government to impact better life for the citizens can become realizable.
Samson Olukayode BAMIDELE (Fri,) studied this question.