ANALYSIS OF FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR LOW PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The historical background of the civil service date back to the end of colonial masters and post independence period. After the second World War there were about 14 British administration in the recitation to Nigerians supported staff and one European Stenothern. The headquarter of the mot technical departments was in Ebutometa that of reterinary service was in vow. While that of agriculture and forestry was co-ordination from two centres Kaduna for the North and Lagos later Enugu for the South. In 1939 Southern Nigeria was split into two regions. The Richard constitution in 1946 further divided the country into the regions namely the Northern and Eastern regions. The Mcpherson Constition of 1951 introduced the departments of ministers for the regions and at the centre. It also suggest the independence of the civil service between political in the office and authorities of the central government.
During Lord Luggard era the duties of administration officers was just maintaining of law and order in the district placed under their immediate administration control. It was only at the end of the World War II, that efforts were made to achieved some social and economic benefit for Nigerians. It was at that time that such office like the department of marketing and export were established. In the Western Nigeria civil servants were told that policy making was the exclusive function of the legislature. So the civil servants were to do whatever the legislature wanted them to do. In the Eastern state civil servants were to give sound advice to the political leaders, control the traditional aspects of the government activities and were also to be official executive who would manage and treat all the complex operations of the modern state.
It was also English language that was used as a medium of communication in the conduct of the government. The country sought civil war six (60 years after independence and this was quickly followed by another six (6) years of oil boom which brought about extreme materialism. This games used to great indiscipline, corruption and a total contemplation of order within the whole society including the civil service. Having discussed the historical background of the civil service and its roles before and after independence. It is necessary at this stage to define “productivity which is the main objective of this research.
Productivity has been defined as the volume of goods and services produced per worker within some specified unit of the year, month, week, day and hour. For some years now there has been consistent public outcry about continued decline of productivity in the civil service. It is for this reason that this work is been carried out in the view of find the causes and thereby bring about commendation that will promote productivity in the civil service in general to achieve a successful result in the programme. The researcher has decided to carryout a case study of Enugu State Civil Service Commission.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
There has been consistent low productivity in the civil service since Nigeria became independence. This study is set out to assess the knowledge of job motivation and use of official work hours in the civil service in order to promote productivity.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is large extent is to explain the titles promoting productivity in the civil service. To be more specific the purpose are as follows:
i. To identify the things that makes civil servants to perform below standard.
ii. To find out the main causes of productivity decline in the civil service commission.
iii. To determine the measures to be taken in order to arrest the situation.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The research questions are as follows;
1. What are the things that cause civil servants to perform below standard.
ii. What are the main causes of productivity decline in the civil service commission.
iii. What are the measures that will be taken in order to secure the situation?
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