COMPARISON OF OMBUDSMAN IN NIGERIA, THE UNITED KINDOM AND AUSRALIA TO DETERMINE OPERATIONAL NEXUS FOR GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE

OBODO, N.A and Anigbatu, Davidson Oliver COMPARISON OF OMBUDSMAN IN NIGERIA, THE UNITED KINDOM AND AUSRALIA TO DETERMINE OPERATIONAL NEXUS FOR GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE. GOUni Journal of Management and Social Sciences. 55 - 69. ISSN 2550-7265

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Abstract

The specific objective of this paper was to compare the structure and rules of the ombudsman in Nigeria, United Kingdom and Australia respectively; while the specific objective was to analyze their operational similarities and differences in consonance with the global best practices. Content analysis was adopted in sourcing the data of the study. This content analysis of the provision of Ombudsman in Australia showed that ombudsman was provision of the country’s constitution. United Kingdom and Nigerian Ombudsman owed their existence to the Act of Parliament or the Statutes. The ombudsman in the United Kingdom is called Parliamentary Commissioner” for Administration”. He is appointed by the Crown and is an arm of the parliament. The Nigerian ombudsman is called “Public Complains Commission was established by Decree No. 31 of 1970 which (Decree) was amended by the Public Complaints Commission Decree No. 21 of 1979. It has offices in the thirty-six State of the federation and the Federal Capital. The Commission was empowered to investigate illegal and wrongful administrative act and other objectionable issues. The entire system of Ombudsman in Australia is designed to handle different issues. Thus the country’s Ombudsman is not unitary as it is in Nigeria and United Kingdom. The study recommends that for the Nigeria and the United Kingdom Model of Ombudsman to be independent in caring out their functions, the structural configuration of the Australian Ombudsman which serves as model, should be adopted by the government of those countries.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 29 Apr 2019 20:02
Last Modified: 29 Apr 2019 20:02
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/1390

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