PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION: A REFLECTION ON THE DYNAMICS OF PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

States are hard pressed due to limited financial resources to meet with the mounting demands placed upon it by its citizens, irrespective of how care is taken through the allocative system of the state’s yearly budget to significantly capture adequately those demands, more so, the call for prudence and accountability in the use of state finance makes the situation even the more tasking. However, it is believed that effective evaluation presents the state with the necessary tools for achieving these purposes. Hence, programs and projects which are outcomes of the budget, designed to meet public demands must be carefully evaluated and implemented in order to make governance meaningful to the public as well as obtain value for monies spent by public authority while at the same time attaining the ends of prudence and accountability in program delivery. As such, the role of program evaluation and implementation to state progress cannot be relegated to the background. Hence, this paper examines the dynamics of these elements and how these processes combine to contribute effectively to achieving the goals of public program execution.