Appraising the Socio – Economic and Political Policies of the Federal Government of Nigeria

Abstract

Efforts have been put in place over the years by successive regimes to ensure socio-economic andpolitical re-engineering of some policies in Nigeria. These efforts were geared towards enhanced security, job creation, provision of food, credible election, debt relief, anti-corruption, improved electricity and liberalization of the down-stream oil sector. But so far, results from some policy outcomes do not suggest that the various regimes that put them in place are truly committed to the effectiveness of such policy initiatives. Hence, this study employs descriptive method to examine why some of the policy initiatives of the Federal Government of Nigeria in the fourth republic, 1999 – 2015 failed to achieve their desired targets. The study made use of secondary data and analyzed same by content analysis. The study noted that some of the policy plans are not properly schemed, funded, provided with the structural facilities and a wide gap exists with the phase of planning and implementation.