• CHUKWURAAH, DANIEL CHI JUNIOR
• IWUNO, JULIANA ONYEDIKA
• UZOR, OBIORA ANTHONY

This paper examined the Abracadabra of Public Office Holders and Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Magnification. The underlying motive behind this paper is that Nigerians believe strongly that their public offices entitle them to unlimited and unbridled access to the resources of the state with which they can plunder not only to satisfy their material desires but also to service the needs or wants of their kin groups. Nigerians being so minded and characterized, could therefore be said to be transforming government and governance into a prebendacy. The paper has two research questions. The paper is hinged on the structural functionalism theory. The research design adopted in the paper was documentary which heavily relied on secondary sources of data Findings x-rays that; public office holders have not significantly impacted on the poverty rate in Nigeria. Secondly, public office holders have not significantly impacted on the rate of unemployment in Nigeria. Based on the findings, the paper recommends that: the Federal Government should consciously increase allocations to key sectors of the Nigerian economy as a policy matter. In doing so, preference should be given to the productive sector and the social services sector because of their direct impact on the poor. This will bring about reduction of hunger, increase in health, cheaper transportation and increase in literacy rate. The end results of these will be national prosperity and poverty reduction. Secondly, the society should be careful not to be bought with money during election period. This is as result of the fact that it is an opportunity of determining their own future by themselves. Therefore, they should learn to vote right.

Abracadabra, Development, Magnification, Prebendalism, Public Office Holders, Socio-economic

"ABRACADABRA OF PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS AND NIGERIA’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC MAGNIFICATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no.3312-3326, October-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2010432.pdf

"ABRACADABRA OF PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS AND NIGERIA’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC MAGNIFICATION", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no. pp3312-3326, October-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2010432.pdf