Public Administration and Local Government

The Performance of Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Benin City (1998-2005)

The Performance of Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Benin City (1998-2005) Osemwengie, Osas Philip The purpose of this study was to examine the causes of low performance in public organizations. Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research was used as a case study. Public organizations are faced with poor performance leading to low productivity in most developing countries like Nigeria. There is general nonchalant attitude of staff in the discharge of their duties. What are the causes? This crucial and yet unresolved questions have been and are still a source of concern to the public as a whole and it is critical for this research. This study would empirically analyze the causes of low performance and was enriched by mixed methods such as questionnaire surveys and indepth interviews with respondents from various sections of NIFOR. An aggregate of 20 questionnaires were analyzed. Poor motivation and attitude have negative impact on productivity. Therefore organization could not prosper well, succeed, grow or even survive without adequately addressing the issue of improper motivation of workers. This study provided some insights and practical implementations to management of public organizations.

Local Government and Rural Development in Anambra State, 2006-2014

Local Government and Rural Development in Anambra State, 2006-2014 Nwobi, Fidelia Obuteaku The study was carried out to investigate local government and rural development in Anambra State: 2006-2014. The study was necessitated due by worrisome trend in poor rural development as a result of lack of adequate commitment from the local government in effective development of grassroots. Four research questions and four null hypotheses were developed to guide the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was made up of 590,629 adults of 18 years and above in Anambra State. Taro Yamani was adopted in sampling 400 respondents that constituted the representative group from which data were collected for the study. The data for the study were obtained from both secondary and primary sources. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for answering the objectives while the null hypotheses were tested with t-test statistics and analysis of variance (ANOVA) at p < 0.05 level of significance. Based on the data collected and analysed, the study identified some challenges of local government in rural development in Anambra State, and that Local Government in Anambra State has not been playing its constitutional roles of development at the grassroots in the state. In addition, the study identified some effects of having non-democratically elected government at the grassroots and insufficient fund for the development of grassroots in Anambra State and possible solutions to the problems of local government in rural development in the state. Based on the findings, the study among others, recommended that the undue interference of the state governors should be eliminated to allow the local government chairmen govern and manage their resources to foster effective development at the grassroots, and that Federal government should ensure adequate financial allocation to the local governments in order to meet the needed rural developmental efforts at the grassroots level.

Appraisal of Human Resourcing and Utilization in Kogi State Public Service (2004 – 2009)

Appraisal of Human Resourcing and Utilization in Kogi State Public Service (2004 – 2009) Akowe, Joel Public bureaucracies are usually established to facilitate effective and efficient delivery of public goods and services. However, evidences have shown that most of these outfits have characteristically failed to meet these expectations. Though several reasons have been advanced by scholars and analysts, this work has spotted manpower resourcing defects as a major cause of these performance failures, noting that the productivity of any institution is a function of the quality of its personnel. The general objective of this study was to examine the human resourcing procedures and their effects on manpower resource utilization in Kogi State. The specific objectives of this study were to: (i) examine the extent to which the workforce resourcing activities in Kogi State Public Service (2004 – 2009) adhered to the relevant guidelines (ii) assess the effectiveness of the state’s Civil Service Commission in the enforcement of the stipulated guidelines for workforce recruitment, selection and placement in the state’s public service; and (iii) evaluate the influence of socio-political factors on staffing decisions in Kogi Sate Public Service and their effects on the needs/carrying capacities of the MDAs. Given the heterogeneity of the Nigerian public service environment, Fredrick Rigg’s Prismatic – Sala model was adopted as the theoretical framework of the study. This study adopted survey design and made use of purposive sampling technique in order to adequately capture respondents with pre and post - 2004 – 2009 service experiences. The data for this study were drawn from primary and secondary sources. While the former comprised of the use of questionnaire, interviews and personal observation of the researcher, the later were drawn from text books, journals, newspapers, panel reports and budget, etc. From this study evidences of procedural abuses in which merits were compromised for political, ethnic, religious and family affinities were established among the understudied MDAs between 2004 and 2009. This study has also established that the state’s Civil Service Commission was too weak to enforce effective control on the MDAs’s staff procurement activities. Consequently, the state’s workforce was sub-standardly procured, under-motivated and under-utilized. From the above findings, it was recommended that: (i) MDAs should be properly monitored and controlled to adhere strictly to the standard codes and procedures of personnel procurement; (ii) the capacity (personnel, funding, independence and logistics) of the state’s Civil Service Commission should be strengthened to enable it exercise full and effective control on employment matters; (iii) the delegation clause of section 170 of the 1999 constitution as well as Rule 02202 of the Nigerian Public Service Rule (2000) should be amended to eliminate the existence of multiple centres of employment; (iv) stakeholders should be adequately conscientized to demand for process accountability and transparency from relevant personnel resourcing agencies; and (v) measures should be put in place to guarantee certainty of apprehension of offenders of resourcing procedures as well as the swiftness and severity of the sanctions.

Corruption in Nigeria and the Role of EFCC in Combating Crime (1999-2010)

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Corruption in Nigeria and the Role of EFCC in Combating Crime (1999-2010) John, Ineme-Awaji Okitumu The incidence of corruption is said to be institutionalized in Nigeria’s chequered history. This stems from the realities that since gaining independence in 1960, corruption has remained an incurable disease in the nation’s polity as successive administrations in the country had been found wanting in this area. The problem of Nigeria is simply a failure of leadership. The political elite seem to have lost their bearing in qualitative leadership for a nation deeply entrenched in corrupt practices like Nigeria. To this effect, it is obvious that our enemies are the political profiteers, the swindlers, the men in high and low places that demand for bribes and 10 percent of contract awards. They are those that corrupt our society and put the country back by their words and actions. Consequently, this work will attempt to take a holistic analysis of these danger and the corruption scourge in our society. The paper will examine corruption in our national life, its inherent dangers to both our national and international image, assess the efforts by different administration in the country to combat it. It will focus essentially on the role of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) under the Obasanjo and Yar’Adua administration to control or simply put fight corruption in Nigeria.