EMPLOYEE WELFARE PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA (NITEL LIMITED)

EMPLOYEE WELFARE PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA (NITEL LIMITED)

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 BACKGROUND ON THE SUBJECT MATTER-NITEL

The Nigeria Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) come into existence in January 1985 as a result of the merger between the former Nigeria External Telecommunication limited (NET) and the Telecommunication, sector of the former Post Telecommunication Department (P&T), by the Federal Government. The reason for the merger as advised by the government were the compatibility of service equipment and the streamlining of activates in both NET & P & T it was envisaged that NITEL will definitely create harmonization and complimentarily of services which up till the merger, were handled by NET (Enternal and P & T (international).

Unlike most government parastatals, NITEL was created to render its service at a profit. The company is not only self-financing but serves as a source of revenue per government. It would be recalled that with NET & P & T, the parent bodies, were solely owned by the federal government hence NITEL could be described as the “Bain child” of government. The main objective of the company is other provision of telecommunication services both internally and internally through in a combination of communication satellites, submarine cable of microwave links and the high frequency radio network. The telecommunication services provided by NITEL include the following (both internal and external)

1) Telephone Service

2) Telex service

3) Telegram service

4) Press recreation

5) Presses international direct delivery service (100)

6) Voice cast

7) Zeased Grant

8) Photo telegrams

9) Ship shore service

10) Television courage the satellite.

11) High frequency radio service.

The above service are being rendered to the public by NITEL at us head offices in Lagos and at its branches all across the nation on a 24 hours daily basic.

The important of the above service cannot be overstated in the development of our country’s economy. It is a know fact that communication is and essential and vital means of efficiency one not only desirable but inevitable if the nation must achieve of economic objective and maintains its proper place in the comity of nations.

NITEL in its strive of producing improved and efficient telecommunication service in segmented into five zones of operations, with the national headquarters in Lagos. The zones are:

1) Lagos

2) South West

3) South East

4) North West

5) North East

The zones are further divided into 23 territories, all across the 21 states of the federations including the Federal Capital Territory Abuja.

The company is structured into a division for proper and effective administration. Each division is headed by a direction or general manager, as the case may be. There are two deputy managing director who co-ordinate the division together for achieving the company’s objectives, the company as a whole is being headed by a managing director. At the top of the organization hierarchy, the company has a beard of director comprising the chairman, the managing director, the two deputy managing directors and heads of division and zones, as well as the company secretary I Lager Adviser. The organization is really a complex one and was a designed to case the achievement of the company objectives.

In the area of administration the company had formulated many new polities. One of such polities includes the recently revised fringes benefit schemes.

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

EMPLOYEE WELFARE PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA (NITEL LIMITED)