Leadership, Public Accountability and Performance Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Calabar

Abstract

The article examined leadership, public accountability and performance of health sectors in Nigeria with focus on Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Cross River State, Calabar. The study was a necessity because there seem to be a significant relationship between leadership, accountability and performance in both public and private organizations. This paper explored this links and determined the extent to which leadership in Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital affects accountability. Literature was extensively reviewed on the relationship between leadership and organizational performance as well as accountability. The Stakeholder’s theory was examine while the descriptive research design was employed with a sample of 103 but after the field work, 99 instruments were retrieved and used for analysis. To test the hypotheses, the Chi-square and multiple linear regression analytical tools were employed. From the analysis, findings reveled that, leadership and accountability have a significant effect and association with the performance of Federal neuropsychiatric hospital as a federal government health institution. From the Findings of the study, recommendations were made and one of these recommendations is that, the existing financial controls if any in FNPH, should be strengthened in order to improve the accountability level. These among others include employing more qualified staff, putting in place the planning committee and emphasizing external auditors frequently to conduct monthly reviews or audit. It was concluded that, Good leadership and accountability in any public or private organization like FNPH is central to the growth or performance of that organization