APPLICATION OF REPRESENTATIVE BUREAUCRACY IN NIGERIA IMPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONAL COHESION
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Bureaucracy plays very crucial role in the development of every nation. A representative bureaucracy is a much more veritable tool in fastening development and national cohesion. This work focused on the analysis of the gains of the application of representative bureaucracy. From the statistics and formulae available, these gains are far-ranging from economic and social development to national cohesion as well as cultural integration. The return of liberal democracy has and is still hastening this development.
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