At the primary stage of human development, man struggled against his fellow man in his quest to achieve the
essential needs of food, clothing and shelter. But the gradual and steady progress toward communal living was
attended by the syndrome of collectivism. From this stage man evolved to nation-state status with the emergence of
modern governmental system as one of its towering features. Henceforth, the socio-economic and political fortunes
of nation-states have come to bear a direct relationship to the integrity of their governance systems. This paper
takes a hard look at public governance in Nigeria. Relying on historical and contemporary data, we found that the
enthronement of instrumentalist Nigerian state principally accounts for not only the quantum but also the structure of
poverty in Nigeria. Again we observed that the conversion of Nigerias abundant human and material resources into
prosperity for the great majority of her citizens depends crucially on fixing the governance question.
Anthony Onyishi, Christian Ezeibe (2014) Governance and Enthronement of Poverty in Nigeria. Arts Social Sci J 5: 67. doi: 10.4172/2151-6200.1000067
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