PUBLIC POLICY IMPLEMENTATION IN NIGERIA AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

A study of Public Policy under Olusegun Obasanjo Administration, A study of National policy on population for sustainable south Eastern Nigeria. Data included a survey of 263 respondents aged between 20-60 years drawn from the National population commission Enugu, Doctors on ESUT Teaching Hospital Parklane Enugu, Academic staff of University of Nigeria, Enugu campus, and Honourable members of Enugu state House of Assembly. The study evaluate the effective implementation of the National policy on population for sustainable development particularly the conduct of year 2006. It was designed to measure how the conduct of census  2006 met item â€�“19â€Â� of the objective of the population policy. Research findings indicated that the following factors were largely responsible for poor monitoring of the implementation of various aspects of the policy particularly the census 2006 project by relevant agencies, time constraints, logistics contrains and inadequacy of trained manpower. The study amongst others measures recommended that the various implementation agencies particularly the National Council on Population Management (NCPM) and the National population  commission (NPC) should take their statutory roles of monitoring seriously and provide guidance for overall policy implementation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page                                 i
Certification                             ii
Approval                                 iii
Dedication                             iv
Acknowledgements                         v
Abstract                                 vi
Table of contents                         vii

CHAPTER ONE
1.0    Introduction                         1
1.1    Background of the study                 1
1.2    Statement of the problem                6
1.3    Purpose of the study                 8
1.4    Significance of the study                 9
1.5    Research question                     10
1.6    Scope of the study                     11
1.7    Limitation of the study                 12
1.8    Definition of term                    13

CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.0    Introduction                             15
2.1    Background information in the study area     16
2.2    Definition of policy and public policy         17
2.3    Aspect of policy                         19
2.4    The national policy on population for sustainable development                            23
2.5    Contemporary theories of policy formulation     45
2.6    Summary of Literature Review                 60

CHAPTER THREE
3.0    Research Design and Methodology             62
3.1    Design of the study                        62
3.2    Area of the study                        63
3.3    Population of the study                    64
3.4    Sample size/sampling techniques            65
3.5    Instrument for data collection                 69
3.6    Reliability and validity of the instrument         69
3.7    Distribution and Retrieval of the instrument     70
3.8    Method of data analysis                     70

CHAPTER FOUR
4.0    Data Presentation and Analysis             72
4.1    Presentation of Findings                     72
4.2    Discussion/Analysis of findings             80

CHAPTER FIVE
5.0    Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations-    83
5.1    Summary                                83
5.2    Conclusion                            84
5.3    Recommendations                        85
Appendix I                            91
Appendix II                            92
Questionnaire                            93
References                            97