ABSTRACT
This research study probed the problems of recruitment in
Nigerian State Civil Service and to determine the extent of utilization and
justifying the recruitment policies in recruitment process. Recruitments as the process of searching for
prospective employees and persuading them to apply for employment in the
organization. During recruitment only those with the ability attitude and
aptitude needed by an organization to achieve its goal will be recruited as
those qualified for the job to ensure high productivity. The term Nigerian Civil Service is used in
this study work to refer to both the federal and state civil service. Moreover
the research work is concerned with the recruitment problems in Anambra State
Civil Service. Based on the above
statement the study tries to unravel the problems bedeviling the Anambra State
Civil Service as it affect recruitment of civil servants. Questionnaire are used to collect data and
are analyzed in stratified random sampling method used to draw sample of one
hundred and twenty questionnaires from twelve ministries and extra-ministerial
departments grouped into the four major categories of grade levels. Descriptive survey design was employed and
descriptive statistics used for the analysis.
The survey identified factors such as increasing pressure for
employment, utilization of informal sources of recruitment, long military era,
lack of independence of the service commission and delegation of recruitment
functions as the prevalent problems affecting recruitment in the State Civil
Service. As results of these problems
job description and standard personnel requirement were not adequately used in
the recruitment process especially at the lowest category of grade levels.
However, the findings, the researcher recommended that the federal government
should promulgate laws that will protect employees in the public sector. Subjective and informal sources of
recruitment should be emphasized, and instead sources from educational
institutions and professional organizations should be encouraged. It was also recommended that remuneration of
the state civil servants should be increased to meet with the federal and the
public sectors. State Civil Service
should utilize job description when embarking on actual recruitment exercise
and personnel requirement should be developed to meet position classification
in the service. Finally, government should reduce their interference with
politicians in the recruitment of civil servants. They should set up a body that will be
responsible for monitoring the recruitment exercise in the civil service with a
view to ensuring that government policies with regards to recruitment are
strictly adhered to.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page .. .. .. .. .. .. .. i
Certification .. .. .. .. .. .. ii
Dedication .. .. .. .. .. .. .. iv
Acknowledgement .. .. .. .. .. .. .. v
Abstract .. .. .. .. .. .. .. vi
Table of Content .. .. .. .. .. .. vii
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
1.0 Background of the Study .. .. .. .. .. 1
1.1 Statement of the Problem .. .. .. 4
1.2 Objectives of the Study .. .. .. .. .. 6
1.3 Research Questions .. .. .. .. .. 6
1.4 Hypotheses Formulation .. .. .. .. 7
1.5 Significance of the Study .. .. .. .. 7
1.6 Scope of the Study .. .. .. .. .. 8
1.7 Limitation of the Study .. .. .. .. 10
1.8 Definition of Terms .. .. .. .. .. 10
References .. .. .. .. .. .. 13
CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELEVANT LITERATURE
2.0 Introduction .. .. .. .. .. 14
2.1 Civil Service Structure .. .. .. .. 16
2.2 Recruitment Policy .. .. .. .. .. 24
2.3 Process and Sources of Recruitment .. 30
2.4 Application Forms . .. .. .. .. .. 40
2.5 Criteria for Recruitment .. .. .. .. 42
2.6 Anambra State Civil Service .. .. .. 43 References .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 54
CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
3.0 Introduction .. .. .. .. .. .. 57
3.1 Procedure for Data Collection .. .. .. 58
3.2 Data Collection and Method of Analysis .. 59
3.3 Population of the Study .. .. .. .. 61
3.4 Sample Size and Techniques .. .. .. 64
3.5 Instrument Used for Data Collection .. .. 66
3.6 Reliability and Validity of Data .. .. .. 67
References .. .. .. .. .. 68
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS
AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA ..
4.0 Introduction .. .. .. .. .. .. 69
4.1 Analysis .. .. .. .. 69
4.2 Interpretation of Data .. .. .. .. 77
References .. .. .. .. .. 87
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS,
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.0 Introduction .. .. .. .. .. .. 88
5.1 Summary of Findings .. .. .. .. 88
5.2 Conclusions .. .. .. .. .. 90
5.3 Recommendations .. .. .. .. 91
Bibliography .. .. .. .. .. 94
Appendix I .. .. .. .. .. .. 99
Appendix II (Questionnaire) .. .. 100
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The word civil service in Oxford Dictionary means the
government in a country. The civil
service handbooks (1976:15) also defines “Civil Service as a body or an organ
of government, which enjoys continuity of existence and they all work on
pensionable appointment, it comprises of all servants of the state other than
holders of political and judicial officers who are employed in a civil service
and whose remuneration is wholly and entirely out of money voted by parliaments. Based on the above postulation, the
recruitment into the civil services is vested in the federal civil service
commission or State Civil Service Commission as provided by in the Nigeria
Constitution. With the civil service
rule (1978), direct appointment to state public service may be made in any of
the following as trainee on pensionable post hold or based on contract against
a pensionable or post for specified period etc.
The availability of a competent and labour force does not just happen by
chance but through an organized and articulated recruitment exercise. Recruitment is a process or a set of
activities used to obtain a sufficient number of the right people at the right
time from the right place (Nicels et. Al 1999).
Its purpose is to select those who best meet the needs of the workplace,
and to develop, maintain a qualified and adequate workforce through which an
organization can fulfill its human resource plan. The efficiency and effectiveness of any
workplace (whether the private or the public sector) largely depend on the
individual in the work. A recruitment process begins by specifying Human
Resource requirements (numbers, Skill mix, levels, time and frame), which are
the typical result of job analysis and human resource planning that activates
the next phase in the recruitment process, which is attracting potentially
qualified candidates to apply for vacant positions in an organization (Baid
1999) says recruitment is a process to do with quality of people, a
company/organization can attract.
PROBLEMS OF RECRUITMENT IN THE NIGERIAN CIVIL SERVICE: (A STUDY OF ANAMBRA STATE)
