Public Policy and Public Interest in Nigeria: An Appraisal of the Treasury Single Account
Over time, ability of governments to implement policies in the interest of the citizenry largely determines their success or failure. This in all ramifications proves the paramount relevance of public policy planning, making, implementation and analysis in efficiency and effectiveness of government. The existence of public policy practice however, is not devoid of challenges. The Nigerian state in its bid to address incoherencies in the Public Sector Accounting implemented the Treasury Single Account Policy in 2015. While the policy has scored the government some electoral points and resulted in increased revenue generation, there abounds no direct correlation between implementation of the policy and enhanced citizen well-being. Rather it has resulted in the loss of employment, created fiscal crunch and remains a subject of controversy. Accordingly, the study claims the need for an integral citizen based reorientation to educate the society in their roles in policy formulation cannot be down toned. Furthermore, it implores the government on the need to identify and implement society based policies as opposed self-driven and political point oriented policies.