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Challenges Of Human Capital Development In Nigeria’s Federal Civil Service
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Based on the above definitions of human capital and
Human Capital Development, with respect to Nigeria Federal Civil
Service, we can also say that Human Capital Development of Civil Service
is aimed at equipping the personnel and employees of the federal Civil
Service with all the necessary education, and training to improve their
competencies and values in order to fully equip and empower them to be
able to effectively and efficiently deliver on their core functions.
The
need to improve the HCD of the Civil Service of the federation has
become more obvious given the growing complexity of the work
environment, the rapid change in economy and advancement in technology,
climatic and environmental changes, global economic meltdown, the
continued dwindling of the value of naira, and the global terrorism,
among other things. As a matter of national interest, the success of the
Civil Service can be measured in terms of its responsiveness to the
varied changing requirements of the environment, this responsiveness can
only come about if the Civil Service is manned by highly trained,
qualified, experienced, and competent staff working under a conducive
environment (good remuneration , infrastructure, healthcare and healthy
legal and industrial relation policy) with a clear understanding of the
dynamics of the environment and very proactive in tackling the
challenges that may occur. Human Capital Development is not limited to
trainings, education and development of personnel or employees; it also
includes her welfare, condition of service, and other related matters
that are capable of influencing, and affecting her productivity. This
was adequately captured by Onah (2014:188) in the following words “other
necessary activities in the process of human capital include adequate
health care, and welfare of employees.
1.2 Statement of problem
Over
the years, government seems to have neglected the serious decay in both
infrastructure and Human Capital Development and hence, the low
productivity in the Nigeria economy for many decades. During the second
development plan of Nigeria between 1970-1974, it was noted that the
major constraint to the plan implementation was inadequate absorptive
capacity due to shortage of skilled manpower, this shortage of skilled
manpower which is characterised by mediocrity and inefficiency now led
to the following:-
1. Serious neglect of government in funding of education sector.
2. Political instability which cause frequent changes in education policies.
3. Low measure of budgetary allocation to human resources development and its relative indices and.
4. Low quality of education which affected Human Capital Development.
One
of the biggest challenges facing Africa in this 21st century is the
challenge of development, harnessing the capabilities of its teeming
population in order to escape from the tragedy of poverty, illiteracy,
and economic stagnation.
Some alleged that the problem of Nigeria
Federal Government is not policy formulation but the implementation and
execution of these policies over the years. The Federal Civil Service as
an institution has experienced institutional failures, backward, static
to change, lack of initiation and creativity. It is on these premises
that a lot of reforms were introduced to address the lapses and
shortfalls. .Unfortunately, despite the numerous reforms and investment,
the Nigeria Civil Service is yet to gain a global competitive advantage
even locally.
For instance, in terms of the human development
index, according to UNDP human development index 2009 quoted Harry D.M
(2010: 146)“most developing countries of Africa and Asia are ahead of
Nigeria. Nigeria is in the 158th position out of 182 countries assessed
worldwide. This, certainly, is not a good report for a country that
wants to become one of the 20 largest economies in the world. “This
should be a source of serious concern to Nigerians.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examined the challenges of Human Capital Development in Nigeria Federal Civil service under Goodluck Jonathan Administration (2010-2015), the study reviewed the contributions of Scholars and literature in fields of human capacity building; with particular attention to the training and capacity building in Nigeria Civil Service of the Federation, human capital theory was adopted for the study. Questionnaire were distributed, collated and analyzed with percentage and likert scale was use ... Continue reading---
