THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL-POLITICAL CONFLICT ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CIVIL SERVICES IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ABIA STATE CIVIL SERVICES)

ABSTRACT

The Nigeria civil service is made up of people from different ethnic groups. Because civil servants in the ministry have diverse tongue, culture and tradition, there always conflicts. These conflicts are usually internal socio-political conflicts which always prevent or hinder performance and better services in the civil services.

There are always politics in selection and recruitment. This politics stems from the facts that those in authority would like to select their people first or treat them fairly to some important positions and appointment to exacted positions always politicized which thereby bring favoritism, nepotism and sectionalism in the civil service.

However, because of these differences in tongues, class and creed, there are always conflict in the civil services which always affects productivity and performance.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page

Approval page

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of contents

Chapter one

1.0 Background of the study               

1. Statement of the problem                                
2. Objectives of the study
3. Statement of hypothesis
4. Significant of the study
5. Scope of the study
6. Limitation of the study                             
7. Definition  of terms
8. Reference

Chapter two

• Literature review
• Historical Antecedent of Abia state civil service
• The civil service in Nigeria
• The political conflict in the civil service
• Socio cultural differences
• The socio political arrangement of the civil service
• Assessment of political activity in the civil service
• Impact of the socio-political conflict in the civil services
• Reference

Chapter three 

• Research design and methodology
• Research design
• Sources/  method of data collection
• Population and sample size
• Sampling techniques
• Method of data analysis
• reference

Chapter four

• Presentation and analysis of data
• Presentation of data
• Analysis of data
• Test of hypothesis
• Reference

Chapter five

• Summary, conclusion and recommendation
• Summary finding
• Conclusion
• Recommendation
• References

Appendix A

Appendix B           

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

The Nigeria civil service is made up of people from different ethical group with diverse tradition, culture, tongues and social norms and values. These differences in culture, tribe and tongue in the civil service has true meaning when we look at some of the issues affecting the effective performance of the civil services in the country.

There are always noticeable conflicts in the Nigeria civil services arising from political structure and arrangement, class conflict, which dwell on positions and authority in management. This class conflicts has its own inherent impact in the effective management of the civil service.

Who is who in authority in the civil service always has its own impact on recruitment and employment, which do favour some particular social cultural and political group.

Manpower development and training is always a political affair in the civil services. One of the major ways civil service invests in their work force for greater nation today and even future is through the training and development of their employer.

Training is like sharpening of an existing skill in order to reflect the trend in technology and other socio cultural environment of an organization. The major object of training and development is to increase the efficiency of the employees with the resulting increase in corporate productivity.

The civil service, training and manpower development are always a political matter. Some may be trained locally while the favoured ones would be trained overseas.

Promotions and elevation mostly to highly exacted position do receive some political consideration while such exercise is always spread to cut across ethnic barrier. No matter how efficient and effective some particular ethnics may be in a particular ministry in organization all of them would not be promotes to he detriment of others.

Other social consideration do crisis in the civil services such as favoritism religion group and some other social interest which always received some attacks in the civil services.

1.1                STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

There is always the problem in study of this kind which does permit us to look at the possible of overcoming them.

There is always the problem of determining the extent of political conflict in the civil service because permanent secretaries and head of department are not permanent position, because human being has different characteristics while there is a greater degree of conflict in one ministry or government agency, another might have little or no socio-political conflicts.

The issue of societal norms and values as well as culture may be a hindrance to elevating some people to certain position, this stern from the fact that social and cultural diversity affects the participation to some social events in the country.

1.2                OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The objectives of our study are as follows