New Public Management (Npm) and Public Sector Administration in Nigeria

Abstract

The emergence of the New public Management (NPM) in Europe and America in the 1980’s also swing to Africa and Nigeria in particular around 1990’s.The new public management staunchly advocates a basic change in the role of state in the society and economy. Thus, the new public management suggests a series of shifts of emphasis in the way in which the public sector should be organized and managed to meet the new challenges of liberalization, globalization and privatization. The study used secondary method for data collection within which documentation and analysis were made. The study revealed that while public administration must take to heart the message of market discipline; there are serious problems in asserting that no differences exist between public and private sector management. One critical recommendation that appear prominent is that, the government should concentrates on catalyzing the public sector, private sector, and voluntary/non-governmental sector in to action to solve the societal problems and not just on providing services. Thus, the government should engage itself in steering rather than rowing. Keyword: Administration, Management, Public-Sector, Economy, Efficiency, Effectiveness