ABSTRACT
This work entitled Development Strategies in Nigeria: A Study of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Transformation Agenda, 2010, critically examined the impact of president Jonathan development policy. Though successive governments in Nigeria have adopted various development strategies since 1946, assessment of these strategies have been neglected in historical scholarship. This work sought to cover that gap. The Transformation Agenda was intended to project Nigeria to be amongst the top twenty economies of the world by the year 2020. The study relied primarily on secondary sources of data collection. After a holistic appraisal of the Transformation Agenda, it was found that the implementation of the Transformation Agenda has impacted positively in some sectors. However, there are some shortcomings in the areas of poverty reduction; unemployment; security and infra-structural development. Furthermore, the study found the high cost of governance, corruption, policy discontinuity and insecurity as inimical to the realization of the objectives of the policy. In addition, the study recommends good governance alongside with the abundant human and natural resources that are available in Nigeria as panacea to the realization of the set objectives of the transformation agenda.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page – – – – – – – – – i
Certification – – – – – – – – – ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – – iii
Acknowledgement – – – – – – – iv
Abstract – – – – – – – – – v
Table of contents – – – – – – – – vi
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the study – – – – – – 1
1.2 Statement of the research problem – – – – – 4
1.3 Aims and objectives of the study – – – – – 5
1.4 Significance of the study – – – – – – 5
1.5 Scope of the study – – – – – – – 6
1.6 Research methodology – – – – – – 7
1.7 Literature review – – – – – – – 7
1.8 Organizational structure – – – – – – 13
1.9 Conceptual clarification – – – – – – 13
CHAPTER TWO: A HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIA
2.1 The colonial era (1946-1955) – – – – – 19
2.2 The era of of fixed term planning (1962-1985) – – – 23
2.3 The era of rolling plans (1990-1998) – – – – 31
2.4 The era of new democratic dispensation (1999-2016) – – 32
CHAPTER THREE: THE TRANSFORMATION AGENDA
IN NIGERIA
3.1 The concept of transformation – – – – – 39
3.2 Visions and objectives of the Transformation Agenda – – 43
3.3 Component parts of the Transformation Agenda – – 45
CHAPTER FOUR: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES OF
THE TRANSFORMATION AGENDA
4.1 Challenges of key sectors in the Transformation Agenda – 52
4.2 Governance in the Transformation policies – – – 70
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION
AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary – – – – – – – – 74
5.2 Conclusion – – – – – – – – 75
5.3 Recommendations – – – – – – – 77
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