IMPACT OF DUE PROCESS ON PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA (A STUDY OF IKEDURU LGA, IMO STATE)

ABSTRACT Following due process in actualization of government objectives has been a great challenge in the management of government owned enterprises. This work therefore tried to x-ray the application of due process in public establishments and its effects in actualization of government objectives, based on violations of different procedures of activities noticed in the management of public institutions in Nigeria; with Imo lkedu.ru LGA, Imo State as a study area. The objectives of the study among others was to establish the relevance of due process in saving government resources otherwise would have been wasted when due-process is not followed which prompted a research question of whether due process would be a setback to government owned enterprises and in actualizing its objectives,- Elite theory^ was used as the framework of analysis for the study. Findings show that most of the times in Ikeduru LGA Imo State due process was followed in the schools activities. The work recommends among others that contracts awarded by the school should, be reviewed by external attestation, to ensure accountability.