CHALLENGES OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES AMONG NIGERIAN NGOs

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across the world have been at the forefront of playing a crucial roles in advocating for human rights, promoting economic growth, social advancement and humanitarian services to mediate on people’s suffering. However, there has been rising concern of NGO misconduct in advocacy, fund use, accountability, management, and governance issues. Therefore, this study explored the challenges of accountability and governance issues among Nigerian NGOs. The study adopted qualitative survey research design. The population of the study comprised all the registered NGOs in Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to draw 35 respondents who participated in the in-depth interview. The data was analyzed with the aid of NVivo 14 Pro software, using thematic method. The result shows that there was accountability challenges and governance issues among Nigerian NGOs. This was arising from corruption, poor annual financial reporting and governance. The findings further revealed that communication gap exist on NGOs accountability and stakeholders. The study recommends mandatory requirements for the monitoring of NGOs by statutory establishments, and a separate audit report on the accounting system of NGOs. These are essential for good governance, accountability, transparency and proper documentation among Nigerian NGOs.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

PhD

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Doctoral

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

De Montfort University

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• UGAMAH, SYLVANUS NWOSULOR

Licence

• https://dora.dmu.ac.uk/bitstreams/ae99bbd0-d55b-4175-bf31-5c2b1d9039ab/download