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Public Administration and Conflict Resolution: Bridging Governance Theories and Practices: A Case Study of Nigeria's Public Sector

Conflict is an inescapable feature of organisational life, and nowhere is this more evident than in the public sector, where competing interests, scarce resources, and diverse stakeholders converge. This paper examines the relationship between public administration and conflict resolution in Nigeria, arguing that effective governance depends on the capacity of public institutions to anticipate, manage, and resolve conflict rather than merely suppress it. Adopting a qualitative, desk-based research design, the study reviews existing theoretical and empirical literature on conflict in Nigeria's …