The Substance of Public Administration in Nigeria, A Compendium of Public Policy and Local Government is a detailed and lucid expository of fundamenala and principles of public administration, public policy analysis, local government, public finance, administrative theory and practice, development administration and industrial relations. The work provides veritable resource materials for students, practitioners, teachers and researchers in public administration. The book is written essentially to address Nigeria peculiarities. Practical and theoretical approaches were adopted which unassumingly made the book very interesting to all readers.