Development Administration and the Strategies of Development Policies in Nigeria

The paper examines the contributions of development administration as a strategy for development policies in Nigeria. The article gave solid explanation of the concept and operation of development administration. The paper ventures into past development strategies put in place by past administration in Nigeria and the reason for their woeful failures which deepened poverty and underdevelopment. This paper proffered solutions to issues of development which includes, sincerity on the part of government towards policy formulation, confront corruption holistically and the legitimization of strategies for developmental policies. The modernization theory was used to explain the article.