This work examines public administration and socio-economic development in Nigeria.The study emphasized that socio-economic development in a developing country like Nigeria cannot be noticed without having a good system of administration in the country. Socio-economic advancement is regarded as socio-economic development that is measured with indicators, such as Gross Domestic Product, Life Expectancy, Literacy and levels of employment. Is very unfortunate in Nigeria today, we have the following problems that affects socio-economic development; Corruption, Mass looting of public funds, Incompetent administrators and so on. Finally, to get it right, the government of Nigeria must work aggressively and assiduously towards having a strong gross domestic product, life expectancy, literacy and increase in employment rate and that can be achieved through eliminating those problems affecting the socio-economic advancement and through strong government administration which is also known as public administration.

This work examines public administration and socio-economic development in Nigeria.The study emphasized that socio-economic development in a developing country like Nigeria cannot be noticed without having a good system of administration in the country. Socio-economic advancement is regarded as s...