1.0 Introduction
The Nigeria civic service has it origin in the organization established by the British in colonial times. The Nigeria civic service consist of employees in Nigeria government agencies other than military most employees are career servile servant in the Nigeria ministries progressing based on qualification and seniority.
According to bourgeon (2007) civil service is the permanent professional branches of a government administration and judicial branches and elected politicians.
Nwankwo (2013) defined civic service as body of official responsible for advising the government of the day on matter of policy and for implementing the decision reached by the government. The Nigeria civil service therefore organized around the federal ministries, headed by the ministries appointed by the president of Nigeria who most include at least one member of the 36 state in his cabinet. The president appointment is confirmed by the savant of Nigeria
There are less than 36 ministries in some cases a federal minister may be assisted by one or more ministers of state. Each ministry also has a permanent secretary who is a senior civil savant
1.1 Statement of the Problem
The civil service is an dispensable apparatus in Nigeria administration it occupies a prominent position in the society and since the civil service is live wire of the government it desirable for the national development. Colonial era in Nigeria, the civil service government in terms of Development and maintenance via, the enactment various reforms ranging from the 1974:udoji reform to obasanjo in 2006 reform of downsizing and the civil service.
But despite all these reform efficiency and effectiveness have not been achieved in the world of public service due to some of the problem and anomalies that saddle them
The focus of the research work is to identify these problem which range from lack of promotion of the staff of the civil service, lack prompt of staff payment salaries poor recruitment exercise, nepotism tribalism and even corruption among others affect the performance of the service.
1.3 Objective of the Study
The following objective will guide the conduct of this research work: with reference to workers in the federal ministry of education Abuja
- To, assess the impact of civil service on workers in federal ministry of education Abuja.
- To, asses how poor recruitment process, promotion and discipline affect performance of workers in federal ministry of education, Abuja.
- To, asses how periodic evaluation or performance appraisal contribute to effective performance of workers in federal ministry of education Abuja.
- To, proffer suitable solution to the problem of the civil service.
1.4 Significance of the Study
It is hoped that findings of this study to a great extent will help in improving the performance of workers of federal ministry of education, Abuja. It will also help in the civil service overall, it is hoped that the adoption of the recommendation will go a long way in the general improvement of performance and production in the civil service and hence make the civil service a result oriented civil service
1.5 Scope and Limitation of the Study
This research work confines itself to the period of (2011-2016) that is 5years period. The Federal Ministry of Education Abuja is a segment of the Nigeria civil service it then follows that its activities are reflective of the activities of other segments.
1.6 Research Hypothesis
H0: the assessment of Nigeria civil service has no positive impact on federal ministry of education, Abuja
Hi: the assessment of Nigeria civil service has a positive impact on federal ministry of education Abuja
1.7 Definition of Terms
Assessment: assessment is an opinion or a judgment about somebody/something that has been thought about very carefully.
Education:
This is a process of teaching, training and learning, especially in schools or colleges, to improve knowledge or develop skill
Civil service:
This comprises of all the workers of a state other than those holding political appointment who are employed in a civil capacity and whose remunerations are paid out of the money voted by the legislature.
Federal ministry of education:
The federal ministry of education is an operational body of government that carries out operational functions of educational policies formulation and implementation for the national development.
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