Public Administration involves the development, implementation and management of policies to achieve pre-established goals and objectives which will benefit the general public. Because Public Administration involves making decisions that affect the use of public resources, the question often arises of how to use public resources for the greatest public good. The National Association of Public Administration has identified four pillars of public administration: economy, efficiency, effectiveness and social equity. These pillars are equally important in the practice of public administration and for its success. This article seeks to explain the role of each of the pillars in the practice of public administration. ECONOMY: Economics as the first pillar is mainly concerned with the allocation of scarce resources for optimal development. It involves combining available resources in the right proportions for the provision of goods and services. It is the careful use of resources and involves the best combination of resources to achieve optimal results. In public administration, quality public service is expected to be provided at the lowest possible cost. Public officials must therefore understand how to provide the services people demand at the lowest cost through cost-saving mechanisms while maintaining quality. The use of the economy in the public sector ensures that the use of resources is optimized and not wasted as is usually the case in the public sector. Another dimension is to look at the economy in terms of using resources to derive maximum benefit. EFFICIENCY: simply means making the most of available resources. So in public administration it could be delivery… at the heart of the paper… the pillars of public administration are equally important in the public administration process and complement each other in the provision of a quality public service. When public administrators have economics in mind, they focus on the best combination of available resources to provide an optimal public service. To ensure that public service is not limited to only a portion of the public, the issue of equity is taken into consideration so as to realize the public interest. Efficiency and effectiveness also go hand in hand in ensuring that the allocated resources are used in the best possible way to achieve the set objectives. Therefore, while the first three pillars of public administration – Economy, efficiency and effectiveness – concern the way in which the public service is provided, the fourth and most recent (Equity) concerns the recipients of the public service..