Manpower Placement And Utilisation In The Federal Civil Service Of Nigeria

ABSTRACT

The issue of public service performance and productivity whereby public officials are required to provide the public with the best service possible is a major challenge for the modern civil service. The Nigerian federal civil service which has grown bulky in the last decade after Independence faces the problem of utilizing its manpower to meet public demand for increasingly better service. The general motion still persists that government staff work less and that the services they render do not reflect the size and composition of the civil service work forces. Since Inappropriate placement and utilization of manpower can seriously affect employee's productivity, performance and satisfaction. It's therefore necessary to examine and ascertain the extent to which adequate manpower placement and utilization is practised in the federal civil service. In doing so, the study should provide an Insight into certain aspects of government personnel management.

Most public criticisms of the Public Services in Nigeria especially the Civil Services reflect a deep rooted dissatisfaction with overall perfomance by staff, the large number on the payroll notwithstanding, Comparison with the private sector is often made but to general such comparison appears misplaced because the nature of functions are not entirely the same nor the personnel practices similar. Effort to apply modern management techniques to the affairs of public services meet with relatively modest success because the organisational and structural framework differs from those of profit oriented organisations.

The subject of manpower placement and utilization in the federal civil service is an attempt to study much personnel management Issues as recruitment, training.