THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT REGULATOR AGENCY ON NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

This study is geared towards x-raying the activities and impact of government regulatory agencies on national development.

The major objective of this agency is to protect the country form the dangers of ward drags and improve the health of the people of Nigeria. In the course of this study, a survey research design was adopted. 100 questionnaires were distributed to the sample of 100 selected respondents in some departments of the agency. The questionnaires distributed were analyzed by the aid of simple percentage. Moreso, on the course of this study, the researcher discovered that the agency concerned itself with the elimination and prevention of drug addiction and also to safeguard the health of the nation. Similarly, some impediment like insecurity of staff, low level of education, betrayal from the public and their inability to report drug traffickers hiders the effective operative of this great agency. In the light of these findings, it becomes pertinent that on the area of recommendation the laws on drug addictions should be severe enough to discourage the traffickers and most importantly, the agencies and banks should  concertedly partner with NDLEA to checkmate the excesses of drug traffickers. Conclusively, all hand must be on deck to combat put to a stop the activities of drug traffickers and spread of substandard drugs in our market.

CHAPTER ONE

4 INTRODUCTION

Government regulatory agency is very fundamental to the substation O National development.

The historical precedent of the country Nigeria has already shown that the functionality of the government of the day is manifested through the activities of its agencies in as much as government cannot operate in isolation. To this and, government regulatory agency is an engine for national development.

Government agency can be seen as any executive department commission independent establishment and corporation wholly or practically owned by the government.

According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, “a government agency can be seen as a permanent or semi-permanat that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific function such as and intelligence agency”.

By that as it may, in order to carryout the business of government in an effective way, the tasks of government are broken down into different parts and duties assigned to a ministry, department or burean and their agencies. Each ministry will then put up institution or corporations or boards that will be assigned particular functions geared to-wards the achievement of the goals of the ministry.

These ministries, departments or bureaus and their derivatives agencies will then be instruments for the provision of the major functions of government which include maintenance of law and order, maintenance of territorial integrity e.t.c.  in all intents and purposes, government agencies have recorded break through in all sectors of the economy, supplying in those areas where government is having some lapses. National Drug law Enforcement Agency as one of the agencies of government have freshened up our battered image vis-a-‘vis the menace of putting a stop to drug and drug addiction in Nigeria.

They have served greatling in discouraging the cultivation, processing, sales, trafficking and use of land drugs in the country.

However, their activities towards reaching national development have been stroked with so many battlements which this study hopes to bring to light through its recommendations.

4.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency is the Nigeria’s sole body that regulates and eliminates the growing processing, manufacturing, selling, exporting and trafficking of ward drugs.

It is one of the parastatals of the federal ministry of Health and it was established by Decree 48 of 1989 and the Decree provided for 8tiffer pun section for convicted offenders.