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Abridged Note on Administration of Public Enterprises and Extra-Governmental Agencies

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 Department of Political Science and Public Administration Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES AND EXRTRA-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES Introduction The aim of this course is to expose you to the concept of Public Enterprises, Organisation and Civil Service with its reforms. This is made easy by discussing Public Enterprises and Extra-Governmental Agencies in Nigeria, The Nigerian Civil Service and some of its Reforms, Public Enterprises Reforms (that is Privatisation and Commercialisation of Public Enterprises) as well as the Nigerian Civil Service and some of its Reforms. Course Outline 1. Definition and Origin of Public Enterprises 2. Characteristics, Classification, and problems of Public Enterprises 3. Management and Control of Public Enterprises 4. Privatisation and Commercialisation of PE 5. The Civil Service and its Reforms in Nigeria Texts Adamolekun, L. (Ed.) (2002). Public Administration in Africa: Main Issues and Selected Country Studies.
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Notes on Forms and Organisation of Government

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    The Nature of Government and Politics Introduction As with most issues in the Social Sciences context, different explanations are ascribed to issues basically because of the difference in scholastic perception and operational environment. This chapter therefore seeks to illuminate the nature of Government, Politics and Political Science in order to construct acceptable definitions. Government First and foremost, Government is the whole establishment of the State or the whole machinery for carrying out the business of a country (Price; 1996:22). This refers to a situation as when we say ‘the Government of Nigeria is demonstrating concerted efforts to improve the economy’. Also, Government may also be employed to mean the executive organ of government of a State as inferred when we say ‘The Nigerian government has recognised the Kabila led Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo”.  In a similar vein, Government may connote the carrying out of the business of a
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