Re-Inventing the Organizational Structure of Environmental Management Agencies of Nigerian Cities: Towards Sustainabile Service Delivery in Anambra State

Abstract

Studies have established that factors such as manpower, funding, equipment, and even changes in administration have significant influence on the performance of environmental management agencies but hardly had the Organizational structure been spotted. Despite an increasing annual government budget for efficient service delivery of these agencies; there is hardly anything to show for it, thereby raising questions on the issue of sustainability. This study examined the Organizational structure of the environmental management agencies in the cities of Awka and Onitsha in Anambra State, Nigeria with a view to determine the extent to which their composition and operations have been effective at addressing urban environmental problems. The study revealed that the performance of urban environmental management agencies on their mandate delivery was poor and that their organizational structure was indicted at ?² value = 0.595 and probability value = 0.898.

Key words: organizational structure; environmental management agencies and sustainability