Adebayo Adedeji was Nigeria's Federal Commissioner for Economic Development & Reconstruction from 1971 to 1975. In June 1975, he was appointed Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and remained in this position until July 1991. He founded the African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS), a non-governmental independent continental non-profit, think-tank dedicated to multi-disciplinary and strategic studies on and for Africa. Adedeji was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 1991.

• Part 1: The Frame of Reference 1. Introduction: The Evolution, Organisation and Structure of the Nigerian Civil Services Adebayo Adedeji 2. The Impact of Politics on Administration D. J. Murray Part 2: The Public, the Politician and the Administration 3. The Politics of Modernisation and Its Effect on the Administration James O’Connell 4. Interest Groups and Administration in Nigeria D. J. Murray 5. The Contribution of Politicians and Administrators to Nigeria’s National Economic Planning A. A. Ayida Part 3: Civil Service Politics 6. Administration in Our Public Services: A Professional Officer Speaks Up on Bureaucracy T. M. Aluko 7. Bureaucratic ‘politics’ in Nigeria: The Problems of Inter-Class and Inter-Departmental Conflict in the Public Services – A Symposium James O’Connell Part 4: Politics and Administration in the Public Corporations 8. The Politics and Administration of Public Corporations in Nigeria Bayo Kehinde 9. The Administration of Public Corporations and the Political Factors Z. O. Okunoren Part 5: The Role of Administrators in the Political Process 10. The Role of the Administrator in the Nigerian Public Services S. O. Asabia 11. The Responsibilities of the Nigerian Senior Civil Servant in Policy Formulation Joseph F. Maloney 12. The Responsibilities of the Higher Civil Servant in Nigeria E. U. Essien-Udom 13. Alternative Administrative Arrangements: The Experience of French-Speaking West Africa John A. Ballard Part 6: Conclusion 14. The Future of Nigerian Administration Adebayo Adedeji.

‘The virtues of Nigerian Administration and its Political Setting are that it is introspective and realistic.’ E. P. Laberge, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol 6, Issue 1.