Public policy formulation and implementation in contemporary Nigeria

The context in which public policy is formulated and implemented in contemporary Nigeria has become an engaging issue. This is due in part to the globalization fervourand partlyto the new democratic environment the country has found itself. While the former has allowed the inflow of knowledge and information about how governance in other lands are run, the latter has reinforced in the citizens, the idea that they are stakeholders in public administration and that the only way to preclude bad government is to ensure they take an active interest on how policies, which impinge on their daily lives, are formulated and implemented. This study attempts to study the actors and institutions involved in the country's public policy process, and the overt and covert factors which streamline their policy choice, within the period of 2000–2018. Suggestions were made on how to improve the machinery for public policy formulation and implementation in Nigeria.