At the heart of Nigeria’s development malaise is the failure of governance, essentially accountability and transparency. In “Good Governance in Nigeria: Rethinking Accountability and Transparency in the Twenty-First Century,” Dr. Portia Roelofs draws on original fieldwork in Nigeria to argue for an innovative re-conceptualisation of good governance. She offers a new account of what it means for leaders to be accountable and transparent while introducing the “Lagos Model” of governance, which theories 'socially embedded' good governance.