JOHN ENDURANCE

This study examined public sector transparency and accountability in the development process: A case study of Oredo Local Government Area In Edo State This study adopted the survey design which was used to source data from a sample of 400 respondents. The data was analysed using percentages and frequency table. The hypotheses were analysed using chi-square statistical instrument. The result revealed that there is significant relationship between public sector accountability and local development process in Edo State. There is significant relationship between public sector accountability and national developmental project plan in Edo State .There is significant relationship between challenges of public sector accountability and national development in Edo State.The recommended that the Edo state government should take an eficient and efectiveplanning control measures and prudent management of their resources and also to increase the salaries of all staf and members of the state government so as to motivate their ef orts towards the discharge of the duties assigned to them in other to achieve the stated objective(s) of the state government that geared toward national development. The state government authority should endeavor to look into its administrative activities regularly and then prosecute any of icer(s) found embezzling public funds and also make the head of the account of ice answerable for any such misappropriation