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Federal Character Principle And Quota System In Nigeria
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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?
1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
1.
To examine the extent to which the federal character and quota system
is jeopardizing merit in the recruitment and of personnel in the public
service.
2. To identify the effectiveness and efficiency of the federal character principle
and quota system in the recruitment of personnel into the public service.
3.
To identify probable problems in the application of the federal
character principle and quota system on the recruitment of
personnel into the
public service.
4. To examine the overall
implications of federal character principle and quota system on the
recruitment exercise in the public service.
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES.
1.
The application of federal character principle and quota system is
largely to an extent jeopardizing merit in the recruitment of personnel
into the public service.
2. That the federal character principle and
quota system is inefficient and ineffective in the recruitment of
personnel into the public service.
3. That there are probable
problems in the application of the federal character principle and quota
system on the recruitment of personnel into the public service.
4.
That the federal character principle and quota system has numerous
implications on the recruitment exercise in the public service.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
importance of this research work cannot be over emphasized. However,
this study intends to examine the application of federal character
principle and quota system in the Nigerian public service: jeopardizing
the meritocracy of the service, particularly examining recruitment
exercise at the FIRS and assess the commission in charge of the
application of the federal character principle in the Nigeria public
service. Also the study examines and reviews the implication of federal
character principle on manpower utilization in public service at
federal, states and local government level in Nigeria.
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