The study is to the assessment of the role of government financial institutions in the development of agriculture in Nigeria. The practice of government financial institutions in Nigeria is culturally rooted and dates back many years to the poor performances of the agricultural sector in the country’s economic developments which can be attributed to the traditional way of farming on the part of the small scale farmers. The objectives of study are to assess the impacts of government financial institutions on small scale agricultural development in Nigeria and to evaluate the past agricultural policies and their effect on the development of the Nigerian economy. The researcher uses primary and secondary source to gather the data for the study. The researcher also administered questionnaires to seek the opinion of individual respondents. The finding of the study reveals that the granting of loans by other government financial institutions to small scale agriculture is adequate. It was concluded that technical assistance provided by BOA to small scale industries is adequate to sustain their survival and that Bank of Agriculture has significant impact on agricultural development. It was recommended that there should be legislation/law to protect small-scale industries from foreign intervention. This legislation could take the form of protecting infant industries from undue competition from large firms or by giving tax relief or exemption to small firms during the period of gestation to allow them find their ground in the market place.
Administration in the general sense is usually described in terms of a cooperative human effort directed towards the achievements of agreed objectives. It is thus a social activity which can occur in a wide variety of institutional frame work.
Administration in a political setting and, as distinct from other forms of administration, is concerned with the formulation and implementation of Government policies at the grassroots level, a branch of Public Administration.
Herbert et al (1900) observed that when two men cooperate to roll a stone that neither could have moved, the rudiments of administration are taking place. He went further to explain that this simple act has the two basic characteristics of what has come to be called administration. There is a purpose-moving the stone, and there is cooperative action-several persons using combined strength to accomplish something that could not have been done without such a combination. On the basis of the foregoing, Herbert et al defined administration as activities of groups cooperating to accomplish common goals. What to note about Simon et al’s definition is the emphasis on cooperation and purpose. For them, therefore, it is necessary to have groups cooperating and such cooperation must have a purpose.
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