PROGRAMME GOAL
The National Diploma in Public Administration is designed to produce middle level manpower
required for the running of effective administration in the public service and private sector.
Programme Objectives
It is expected that a diplomat of this programme should be able to:
- Apply the theories and practices of Public Administration.
- Analyze the nature and operations of the machinery of government
- Analyze the nature and scope of intergovernmental relations.
- Apply the basic principles in the management of public enterprises.
- Examine the structure and functions of local government
- Identify management problems at the appropriate levels, analyze them and design strategies to solve them.
- Apply the basic principles of financial management.
- Mobilize small communities or groups of individuals for the preparation of small development
programmes/ projects.
- Establish and manage a small scale business effectively and profitably.
- Apply the basic principles of law in official relationships and transactions.
- Carry out elementary application of the computer in processing data/information.
- Run a small administration /personnel unit in any organization with minimum, supervision of
superior officers.
MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
National Diploma in Business Administration and Management (ND)
To qualify for admission into the National Diploma in Public Administration, the candidate must
meet any of the following entry requirements:
- The West African school certificate [WASC], General Certificate of Education, Ordinary Level
[GCE (O/L)], Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC), NABTEB, NECO or any other equivalent
with credit pass in English Language, Mathematics, Government and any other subject from the
following: Accounts, Economics/Commerce, Geography, Agricultural Science/ Biology/ Health
Science, CRK/IRK, Home Economics / Home Management, Business Studies, Statistics
- At least a minimum score in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) proscribe
for the year