how is the goverment accoubtable to the people
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The gov.. is responsible and accountable to the people. as in a democracy, the gov.
which is answerable and responsive to its citizens
it is responsible for making all decisions on behalf of its citizens and according to their needs and expectations.
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The empowerment and accountability agenda have emerged as the academic and development community’s response to the increasing recognition that traditional approaches to promoting voice and accountability have failed to bring about sustained policy change and improved development outcomes. It is argued that these traditional approaches were too focused on strengthening state institutions and/or creating spaces for public consultation, without addressing power relations between citizens and the state, and the interactions and interfaces between them.
Whilst increasing attention is now given to strengthening the capacity of ordinary citizens to participate directly in policy making, it is generally recognised that empowerment does not work on its own: an empowered citizen requires capable and responsive decision makers whom they can hold to account. Accountability is therefore a precondition for effective empowerment. Conversely, empowerment is also understood as a precondition for accountability: a degree of empowerment is needed if people are to participate and engage meaningfully with decision makers and development processes. Thus, the underlying logic of empowerment and accountability approaches is that where people have a stronger voice, they are more able to influence decisions about policies and the distribution of resources and are more able to hold officials to account for their actions.
One of the key attributes of good governance and efficient delegation is accountability; when citizens empower a government to represent them, it is natural and expedient for hem to be curious about what the government does with the resources they have been empowered with. They want to :now how well these resources have been utilised, through what process, under whose supervision and more importantly, whether there was sufficient value-for-resources obtained.
Accountability is one of the key best practices in people oriented governance; and since most government activities ally around service delivery, it is reasonable to consider the process in governance a threat to development, when it cannot be properly meet with the needs of the governed. When public resources fail to reach the people adequately, or hose entrusted with the management are reluctant in sporting such activities, it naturally severs the relationship between them.
From our observations, Nigeria is burdened with one of the world’ most unaccountable governments, though current administration have been making effort to address this situation, this is making corruption a tricky itch to scratch and s made it more difficult for a good relationship to exist between the government and citizens.