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Evaluation Of Human Capital Development As A Strategy For Increasing Productivity In Public Organizations In Nigeria
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All of these
facilities since 1975 came under federal control. Each state had its own
prison headquarters under the supervision of Assistant Director of
Prison, and the prisons themselves, depending on the type, size and
in-mate population, were variously under chief superintendents, or
assistant superintendent. The average daily prison population in1976
was increased by 25 percent Kaduna housed more than 4000 inmates. The
most common offenses were theft, assault, traffic violations and
unlawful possession, which together accounted for 53 percent of prison
admissions between 1982 and 1984. Thieves represented the largest single
category of offenders, accounting for between 37 and 46 percent of
prison admissions between 1982 and 1984 admission to prison in Kaduna
Exceeded 10,000 in 1983. This figure did not reflect the geographical
distribution of crimes. The prisoners constitute people between the ages
of twenty six and fifty consistently constituted the largest category
of prisoners, ranging between 53 and 78 percent between 1980 and 1984.
In 1984 Christians and Muslims accounted for 45 and 37 percent of prison
admissions respectively and women for almost 4 percent prisoners
admitted were connected, whereas the rest were on remand or awaiting
trail. Among those convicted about three fourth served terms of less
than two years while 59 percent were first-time offenders and 41 percent
were recidivist. Foreigners constituted an unknown proportion, 1989,
for example about 200 aliens from other West African states were held in
Kaduna Federal Prisons for illegal emerald mining.
Although the
government had announced a prison construction program, little progress
was evident and conditions were projected to worsen by the year 2000
Kaduna Prison population rose drastically. This has lead the Government
resorting to periodic amnesty to reduce the inmate population usually
on the occasion of regime anniversary or a national holiday.
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS
In this research work, the following terms have their respective meaning as follows:
1. Manpower: Manpower refers to the total supply of people available or currently working on a specific job or task.
2.
Planning: Planning is a guide against future uncertainties through
forecast and setting of targets and verifiable objective that are
quantifiable. Planning helps an organization to get where it want to be
in future
3. Development: Development is the ability of an
organization to increase its capacity as well as employees abilities and
capabilities in an endeavor to react to existing and anticipated
pressures and changes.
4. Mentoring: Mentoring has been identified
an important influence in professional development in both the public
and private sector in other to increase employee performance retention,
commitment to the organization and knowledge sharing.
5. Productivity: The amount of output per unit of input (Labour, equipment and capital)
6. Performance: The accomplishment of a given task measured against preset known standards of accuracy, completeness.
7.
Compensation: Compensation is a psychological mechanism by which
feelings of inferiority, frustration or failure in one field are counter
balanced by achievement in another.
8. Utilization: Utilization
refers to the final achievement of an organizational objective with
regards to manpower, which had to be measured in some ways like testing
the effectiveness of staff and their efficiency towards designed goals.
9.
Training: This is the process of having adequately learn how to do his
job effectively and to prepare himself for promotion.
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