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Title:The institute of administration: II. how Northern Nigeria has trained administrative officers
Author:Anonymous
Year:1963
Periodical:Journal of Local Administration Overseas
Volume:2
Issue:1
Pages:43-48
Language:English
Geographic term:Northern Nigeria
Subject:civil service training
Abstract:This article, which is based on a booklet by A.H.M. Kirk-Greene, 'How Northern Nigeria Trains Its Own Administrative Officers' (Government Printer, Kaduna, 1960), relates the story of the attempt of the Government of Northern Nigeria to build her indigenous administrative corps from an inherited colonial service. It is the story of a successful attempt to reconcile high standards of competence and disinterested integrity with a gratefully inherited tradition of skilled but largely personal administration: How it began; First indigenous ADOs; The training course; Principal subjects; Law; English; Administrative techniques; Public Finance and Economics Local government; Conclusion. Appendix.
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