RULE OF LAW IN NIGERIA AND CHALLENGES OF GOOD GOVERNANCE
Beetseh, Kwaghga
Library Department
Federal university of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
Attempts to institute good governance in Nigeria have always proven problematic. It is agreeable that colonial rule imposed a type of governance in the country that was anti-people in nature. By the time the colonialists left, the. local political elites have imbibed the culture of this type of governance that puts premium on gaining political power without considerations to accountability, rule of law and consl1tutionalism This paper argues that there is a deficit of rule of law and good governance in the country today. This deficit can be corrected through a viable and virile civil society, but much is dependent on the role of a qualitative leadership