Description
In this book, Tunji Olaopa fills a critical gap in public administration history in Nigeria with the
insertion of a personal narrative in the formal historical trajectory of public administration and
public service. Personal narratives-biographies, autobiographies and memoirs serve a significant
purpose in enlivening and humanizing the role that public administration and administrators play
in the transformation of the discourse and practice of making Nigeria a better country. In this
memoir, Olaopa ties his personal and professional maturation together into a seamless story of a
young Abwa boy making it to the Presidency in Abuja, and building a governance and institutional
reform portfolio and philosophy that speak to the yearning of a professional and patriot intent on
transforming the policy architecture and institutional structuration of the Nigerian state. This
memoir, therefore, has an intergenerational objective it is the past speaking to the future about
why Nigeria must be great.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tunji Olaopa is a retired Federal Permanent Secretary and Professor of Public Administration. He is
the founder of Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy (ISGPP), Bodija, Ibadan.
ISBN: 978-1-943533-59-6 Ι Published 2023 Ι Pan-African University Press
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