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Federal Character Principle And Quota System In Nigeria: A Critical Assessment Of The Recruitment Exercise In The Public Service
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
There is no doubt that every research
work must have statement of problem to which this research works is not
an exception. There are many cases going on in Nigeria that the federal
character principle has been unjustly implemented. Also the annual
reports from the publications of the federal character commission shows
that a lot of complaint arise as a result of breach of federal character
principles by some establishments for example in the federal character
monitor, a quarterly publication of the commission (2008:5) accused and
summoned the Nigeria communication commission over breach of federal
character principles.
More so, the inefficiency of the policy in
recruiting manpower potentials into the organization and the selection
of employees which is not based on merit but the federal character
principles are some of the problems that affect the efficient
performance of the Nigerian public service. Furthermore, the poor
performance of employee’s discovered by the president Olusegun Obasanjo
led administration was traced to poor manpower utilization and poor
quality of civil servants, also testify to this weakness. Thus, in view
of the above problems, the need to analyze recruitment process in
government establishments are strategic and must be structured
properly..
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. To what extent is the
federal character principle and quota system jeopardizing merit in the
recruitment of personnel in the public service?
2. How efficient
and effective is the federal character principle and quota system in the
recruitment of personnel into the public service?
3. What are
the probable problems in the application of the federal character
principle and quota system in the recruitment exercise of the public
service?
4. What are the overall implications of federal character
principle and quota system on recruitment exercise at public service?
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