Nasarawa varsity Don advocates new public management for national development

He stated this in his paper presentation titled “New Public Management and National Development in a Globalized World” delivered at the Association of Nigeria Public Administrators (ANPA) 3rd Annual International Conference held in Abuja on Monday.

Myschoolnews observed that the conference with the theme “Public Administration, Globalization and National Development in the Twenty-First Century Nigeria” had in attendance several public administrators from across the country.

According to Nwekeaku, the NPM is an approach that advocates new innovations, ideas, strategies, and creativity in meeting the needs of the members of the society who should be seen as loyal and important customers who yearn for efficient and effective service delivery from the government.

He said the approach was the best approach in coping with the challenges of globalization and driving national development in Nigeria unlike the traditional public administration bugged down by stereotype bureaucracy, corruption, rigidity, and several other challenges.

He described the NPM as capable of engendering efficiency, effectiveness, accountability, transparency, good governance and sustainable profitability in the implementation of public policies, programmes and projects of all levels of government, agencies and commissions for national development in Nigeria.

“The NPM is the nexus and strategic link between globalization and national development. The wave of globalization aggravated by the collapse of the national boundaries has not only rendered the traditional administration impotent in navigating national development.

“It has also stimulated or spurred up new administrative challenges that require new strategies, methods and approaches for optimum operational performance,” he said.

He then recommended the setting up consistent measurement and evaluation of the output of the workforce on a periodic basis among others to empower developing economies such as Nigeria to withstand the challenges and shocks of ravaging globalization and also launch them to sustainable national development.

In his speech, Prof. Kamal Bello, Chairman, Board of Trustees of ANPA described the 3rd International Conference as a historic day in the history of Public Administration in Nigeria as the 2023 conference is the third consecutive international conference of ANPA.

“This is because it is a dream come true. Today the spirit of the founding fathers of public administration wherever they will be proud of this feat. This feat of making sure that public administration in Nigeria has a unique voice of its own.