The Effect of Government Regulatory Agencies on National Development: A Case Study of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria – Edo State

Abstract

This paper examines the Effect of Government Regulatory Agencies on National Development: A case study of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria, Edo State as a democratic sustainability. It evaluates how effective the agency policy have been able to restructure the political economy of Nigeria by exterminating illicit drug trafficking and consumption in Nigeria society and utilization for the benefits of the citizenry. The establishment of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) by the promulgation of Decree No. 48 of 1989, now Act of Parliament was aimed solely that any involvement in drugs, especially their importation, sale, transfer, purchase, cultivation, manufacture, extraction and possession is universally unacceptable. Over the last decade however, Public Sector, especially National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria (NDLEA) has not been able to convince Nigeria masses of their performance, if they must continue to exist. In the course of this study, the Effect of Government Regulatory Agencies on National Development: A Case Study of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Nigeria, Edo State were brought to the fore while the objectives of the study are well spelt out.  Hypotheses were postulated and the Structural Functionalism Theory was used to explicate the works.  Data were obtained from both primary and secondary sources. From the primary sources, the survey method, that is, the use of questionnaire were  designed and adopted. Data obtained from this method were analyzed with the aid of Simple Percentage.  Thereafter, the five researchable hypotheses were tested and accepted while the null hypotheses were rejected.  The implication is that there was relationship between the dependent and independent variables.  Generally, the paper brought to focus that the Effect of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency  is a collective effort in reaching a compromise in the management of Public Sector in Nigeria  and it has contributed immensely to the growth and development of public sectors elsewhere.  Finally, it suggests policy prescription and recommendation which are aimed at repositioning Public Sector like NDLEA not only in Edo State in particular, but also in Nigeria in general.

Keywords: State, Drug, Illicit, Nigeria, Law, Agency

DOI: 10.7176/DCS/13-5-05

Publication date:July 31^st 2023