The Nigeria State, Rule of Law, Good Governance and Development

Abstract

The paper tries to look at the bane of development in the Nigerian state and how rule of law and good governance could be the panacea for the development problem the country is going through. Using a frame work of analysis that emphasizes the linkage between institutions and their capacities to bring about development, the paper discovers that the practice of rule of law enhances good governance and development. It concludes that for Nigerian state to develop, it has to allow the practice of the rule of law in its entirety.