Definitions
- Debureaucratization:
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A complex set of reforms in the public sector, bringing changes especially to the ownership and management of public enterprises.
- Power:
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The source of electrical energy used for socio-economic development.
Introduction
Electricity is a major source of power, a critical infrastructure that is strategic to a nation’s socio-economic development. Therefore, this provides a rationale for most government involvement in its ownership or management. In Nigeria, the Federal Government (FG) merged Electricity Company of Nigeria (ECN) and Niger Dams Authority (both were established to distribute and generate power respectively before independence in 1960) to establish National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) with the task of producing and distributing electricity (Tinuoye 2017).
However, NEPA’s inability to live to its...
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Idowu, S.S., Ibietan, J., Joshua, S. (2020). Debureaucratization of Power in Nigeria. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3974-1
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