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Professionalisation of Nigerian Civil Service: Prospects and Problems by Iyabo, A. Olojede is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

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TIIE TREMENDOUS growth in size and responsibilities of the Nigerian Civil Service, and the realities of the s~cial economic and political milieu within which it operates have made the institution become embroiled in many serious pr:oblems. Today an average Nigerian perceives the civil ser1ice negatively. It has been stigmatised with diverse vices; examples of it include redtapism, inflexibility, conservatism and ineffectiveness. The challenges posed for the civil service by its increased size, complexity, responsibilities in Nigerian economic boom/depression and the problems of the institution as outlined above have made it a subject of public inquiries by successive governments, all in an attempt to tailor it towards governmental goals. Such inquiries in post-independence period include the 1971 Adebo commission, 1974 Udoji commission, and 1985 Dotun Phillips Study Group. Despite incisive recommendations of these panels, the problems of the Civil Service have remainC<I. In recognition of the pivotal role of the civil service in national development, the Political Bureau inaugurated in 1986 by the present administration and charged with the responsibility of charting a new politica

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Author
Iyabo, A. Olojede
Publisher
SAGE Publications; Bucureşti: Lumina Publishing, 2015- (ISSN 0019-5561)
Published
1990
Language
EN
Field
Social Sciences

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