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Local Government System: a Case Title Study of Gwer L.G.A University of Nigeria Research Publications KERGA, Peter Author PG/MPA/99/26848 Evaluating Employee Performance in the Nigerian Local Government System: A Case Title Study of Gwer L.G.A. of Benue State Social Sciences Faculty Sub-Department of Public Administration and Local Government Department March, 2001 Date Signature EVALUATING EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN THE , lGERlAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM: it CASE STUDY L$=r GiER LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA 3F BENU%STATE {S:986-*1998), ., PETER KERGA PGIMPA199126848 SUPERVISOR: DR. F.C. OKOLI MARCH, 2001 ' f Declaration page I I, Peter Kerga, hereby declare that this thesis is the result of my independent '1, work and that it has not been previously submitted. I shall accept genuine criticisms for errors and omissions discovered in the work. 20 MARCH, 2001 DATE 4.. iii APPROVAL PAGE Peter Kerga, a .postgraduate student in the sub-department of Pyblic Administration and Local Government, and with Reg. No. PG/MPA/99/26848 has as p~rt;alfulfhy.;it Of he satisfactorily completed hi>' +"V4 requirements for research work for the degree of - Masters in Public Administration (MPA). The work embodied in this project report is original and has not been submitted in-part or full for any other diploma or degree of this or any other university. DR.;y7p+??+- F.9. OK0 I DR. B.C. NWANKWO , CO-ORDINATOR. PALG DATE '\DEAN, FAC. OF SOCIAL SCIENCES iv DEDICATION For my late maternal great grandmother, Mama Martha Ngyorhena(nee, Wan- Agav) Kwagh, whose motherly love on me was wonderfu1,S~s~pa~t~thelove any other human being on the earth has ever had on me. She passedon to eternity on April 8, 1980. Her blessing is always accompanying me, yielding tangible results. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Where others hi~vcfi~iled, me11 of lnettlc can always succeed. 'This success is however i~lwayspossible only with lhct assisrance mcl cooper;~rionof the people. Nearly everybody i~l.oulidme hi~snever tiilccl in Iiclping Ine in one way or the other 'to surn~ount my hurdle in this ac;demic pursi~i~. My supervisor, Or. F.C. Okoli, h;d been an invalu;tble Ili~llclbo~h in fer~ilizi~igmy idcas and ~[~.t.i~~l~lini~igthem along scholarly ~~liythiii.Also, many stipuli~ting issues inipossible, possible. Since independence in 1960, the Nigci.ii~tlILcleralion is chi~lxterizedby political upheavals alicl economic doletrums, leacli~lg to, illter alia, rhe rni~lfunctiol~iilgol' the ~UI.L';ICICI.~~L~Cinstitution. Local governlncnts as ~llcenginc ol' glxs~.ootsdevelop~nenr, lor ins~ilnce,have perfornlecl very abysmlly, anel 111c local populace lor whose scrvice local governments are created, have tlor beer1 tlelivelul. clclx~-~d011 [he cnvironmenr. Rcsulrs and finclirlgs allel 11wir inlplici~tiorlsbu1li.w his srand. 4. - A1 11-IC elltl 01' ~licreseiirch, soluliol~si~rc p'ol'l'cred li)r he way forwi~rd. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 PAGE Title page ..........................: .............................. .: I Declaration page ................................................i.. .. ii Approval page ........................................................ iii Dedication page ...................................................... iv Acknowledgement page ............................................. 4.. v Preface ............................,...................................... vi Table of Contents .................................................... vii-x List of Tables ..........:. .............................................. xi SKETCH MAP OF GWER AMONG THE 23 LOCAL GOVERNME AREAS OF BENUE STATE.. ...................................... xii CHAPTER ONE . 1.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................... EVOLUTION OF THE NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM ................................. b BRIEF HISTORY OF GWER LOCAL GOVERNMENT..... THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 1.I BACKGROUND TO THE PROBLEM .................. 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ................... 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ............:. ........... 12 1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ...................... 13 1.5 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ................ 14 . 1 REFERENCES ......................................................... 18 CHAPTER TWO: RESEARCH PROCEDURE ........................ 19 2.0 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF GWER LOCAL GOVERNEMNT COUNCIL .................... 19 2.1 LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................. ./ 25 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NIGERIAN CIVIL SERVICE .... 26 FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ................... 27 E ... THE NIGARIANEXPERIENCE ...................................... 20 2.2 HYPOTHESES FORMULATION .................................. 36 2.3 OPERATIONALIZATION OF KEY CONCEPTS IN THE HYPOTHESES 36 2.4 METHODOLOGY ................................................... 39 2.4.1 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ............................... 40 2.4.2 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION ......................... 43 2.4.3 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS ........................... 44 REFERENCES ............................................ CHAPTER THREE: RESULTSAND FINDINGS ................ b 3.0 WORKFORCE .................................................. 311 STAFF MOTIVATION ......................................... 3.2 JOB SATISFACTION ......................................... I 1 3.3 ADMlNlSTATlVE BE'. rlAVlOUR ..................... I 3.4 BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION .............................. 3.5 FUNCTIONAL PROBLEMS ................................. 3.6 DISTORTION OF EMPLOYEE PROFEESSIONAL EFFICIENCY REFERENCES ................................................. CHAPTER FOUR: IMPLICATIONS OF RESULTS'AND FINDINGS .... SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS .................................. \\ SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS ................................. POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS .................................................. ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS ......................................... TECHNOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS ...................................... ... REFERNCES .................................................................... 'I. CHAPTER FIVE: THE EN'D ........................................................... SUMMARY ........................................................................ THE WAY FORWARD ......................................................... MILITARY TO QUIT POLITICAL SCENE ................................. INTRODUCTION OF PRESIDENTIALISM /AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL ....................................................... ADOPTION OF THE WEBERIAN IDEAL TYPE ........................ PROMOTION OF ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP .................. $ASS RETRENCHMENT OF WORKERS TO STOP .................. GRASSROOT DEVELOPMENT ............................................... MOTIVATION ...................................................................... REVENUE RIGHTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ...................... 5.1.9 FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY .................. 5 .I. 10 INSTALLATION OF COMPUTER UNITS .................................. r 5.2 CONCLUSION ............................................................... BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................... BOOKS .................................................................... EDITED WORKS .............., .......................................... GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS ................................. NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES .............................. LIST OF TABLES Page ? SKETCH MAP OF GWEH AMONG THE 23 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF BENUE STATE ................................................... xii TABLE 1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUR OF GWER LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL, ALIADE, BENUE STATE ................ 20 TABLE 2 HIERARCHY.OF AUTHORITY IN THE GWER LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT ......... 22 . TABLE 3 PROFILE OF BENUE STATE GOVERNORS .................. 23 4 TABLE 4 PROFILE OF GWER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMEN .... 24 TABLE 5 rHOFILE OF NIGERIAN LFADERS SINCE 1960 .................. 35 TABLE 6 ELITE THEORY ILLUSTRATED .................. .... ... ... ...... 42 TABLE 7 NUMBER OF STAFF AFFECTED IN THE RATIONALIZATION EXERCISE ........................................... 63 SKETCH MAP OF GWER AMONG .THE ?2 L3CAL , GOVERNMENT AREAS OF BENVE SPATE CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Of Federalism requires the di~tribution~poweramong the various I units that make up the federal system in such a way that each of the federating units or a tier of the system is 'coordinate and independent (Wheare, 1947:Il). The issue of power sharing among the governmental units has often generated cantroversy in many countries of the world , developed or developing. Thus, federalism does not just follow the connotation of a political arrangement with a supreme centre, but more : importantly , a system where certain powers are delegated to national .a. - government , and reserving others to the states . Now then that states are enjoying ownership of some constitutional pbwers , we can talk of "hame rule" and "control at the grassroots". Roseoe Martin (1957:3) saw that the grassroots character of a given phenomenon (or place, event, programme) increases directly with the square of its distance from Washington. Harold Laski (1948:27), British critic on American Institution, directly challenges the philosophy of federalism, though such effrontery is rare. He said effective and vigorous government was made difficult by federalism , and the institutional apparatus of American federalism b maximizes the difficulty of achieving creative leadership in the positive 'state. In Nigeria, it is assumed that the closer government comes to the people, the greater the possibility of
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