Development Policies For Self-reliance: A Critique Into Nigerian Post-independence

Public Administration

The study seeks to take an interrogative exploration to the post-colonial developmental strides in the Nigerian polity. The political developmental voyage of the country has been a tumultuous experience beginning from slavery to colonialism till the current date. The challenges which confront the Nigerian polity in terms of development, seems insurmountable evidently in the high rate of illiteracy, poverty, insecurity, over dependence on foreign aid and virtually everything which further deepens the pernicious neo-colonial syndrome, over dependence on oil, corruption, food insecurity, heavy debt burden and balance of payment problem, etc. All these unpalatable developmental quagmire are evident in the post-colonial era, where the destinies of the Nigerian people have been taken from the colonial masters and handed over to them. One can imagine that a nation 6th in the world for oil producing, a reservoir of human labour, though underutilize and the many developmental policies embarked on by successive government developmental policies embarked on by successive government for the purpose of self-reliance are to put the nation In the path of growth and prosperity, yet the country is still grappllng with the problem of attaining an appreciable level of development and self-reliance. The study adopted the content analysis method of approach as data was gotten from secondary source- text books, journal pubilcations, magazines, etc. The dependency and self-reliance theory was explored. The study recommend among other things: investment in education that prioritizes vocational, technical and entrepreneurial skill, tackilng corruption, strict monitoring of programme, encouragement of local industries with fund, man power training etc.

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