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Greater Port Harcourt Policy Implementation and Service Delivery, 2009-2025

Nwafor, ThankGod Chima, Osai, Ozomogo Jason, Ph.D, E. O Davies, Ph.D, Nsiegbe, Graham, Ph.D

Abstract

The study investigated Greater Port Harcourt Policy Implementation and Service Delivery, 2009- 2025. The study adopted a correlational survey. One research objective and one research question corresponding with one hypothese were postulated. The sample size consisted of 360 staff. Purposive random sampling techniques were used. A self-structured instrument titled “Greater Port Harcourt Policy Implementation and Service Delivery ” was used to gather data for the study. The Cronbach alpha was used to obtain the reliability index of 0.80 from the computation of the reliability co-efficient of the five clusters of the instruments; 0.81, 0.87, 0.71, 0.86 and 0.77 of fund allocation and utilization, public and private sector partnership, policy sustainability, public service inefficiency, and unstable master plan and its policy implementation in Nigeria respectively. Mean, Standard Deviation and Spearman Rank Order was used to answer the Research Questions, while Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test for the Hypotheses at 0.05 level significance. Major findings showed that an increase in mean index of fund allocation and utilization, public and private sector partnership, and policy sustainability significantly increased staff policy implementation whereas an increase in mean index of public service inefficiency and unstable master plan significantly decrease Greater Port Harcourt Policy Implementation and Service Delivery, 2009-2025. The study recommended that the Government should provide appropriate budgetary allocations and prompt release of funds for development within the recommended time frame, There should be proper stakeholder engagement (Citizen Participation) before and during the master plan implementation process, Enactment of legislation to ensure that planning agencies (such as GPHCDA) are independent of the vagaries of party politicking, Civil servants should avoid the lackadaisical attitude to work and since the master E-ISSN 2504-883X P-ISSN 2695 2432 plan is a development blueprint it should be adopted and adhered to by stakeholders, irrespective of changes in government.

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