Federal Character Principle And Quota Sysyem In Nigeria
Chapter One
Preface
Background of study
moment in Nigeria the use of civil character and share system has come an instrument for reclamation into civil, state and original government civil service. In utmost civil system of government, the major issue is generally that of coffers participating among the civil units at vertical and perpendicular position. According to Elaigwu( 1992) where the sharing arrangements are working well, there are less agitations and citizens have a feeling of belonging and equity. On the other hand where the share system isn’t working well the citizen agitates and makes all feathers of demands similar as call for public conference, etc. still, in Nigeria, after a series of debate in 1975 the indigenous drafting commission was set up which established civil character commission as a body charge with the responsibility of enforcing the civil character principle in order to assured indifferent sharing of posts in the public services. This was also elevated in the 1999 civil constitution of civil democracy of Nigeria.
The civil character and share system as elevated in the constitution of Nigeria is to insure indifferent distributions of regulatory and political places in the public service at civil, countries and original government situations. The objects of the policy are to foster public concinnity and give every Nigerian a sense of belonging in the country. In support of this view Usman( 2004) said that it was an trouble to reconceive the unstable structure and ethnical domination in government so that public integration could be achieved. The civil character principle which is enforced under the civil character commission is thus designed and initiated to correct adverse impact performing from openings and coffers handed by the civil government to the citizens of the country that appears neutral but have a discriminative effect on a defended group. The civil character principle is thus structured to insure strong and inseparable nation grounded on justice and fairness, while also icing that a sense of belonging of all Nigerians is still maintained. As estimable as the below policy perhaps, and the commission of the conception in the nation’s constitution, its operation has remain a debatable content to which some critics have claimed that the policy comprise the merit system which will produce an enabling terrain for those that are only good to be employed into the Nigerian civil service, thereby fostering quality service rendering for the development of the country. According To Ekeh( 1989) Civil character principle has come a problem rather of result to problems it was anticipated to attack. Bodunrin( 2003) also in assessing the Federal Character from the merit perspective, asserts that the civil character principle iscounter-productive. thus it’s important to note that, effective force application is determined through effective believable reclamation. But Idumange( 2008) specifically lists two areas where the Civil government has been most successful in enforcing the civil character principle; The National Youth Service Corps( NYSC) and reclamation into the Armed Forces. therefore this ensures Nigerians get their own share of the ‘ public cutlet ’ rather than agitations which has averted another civil war in the country.
Statement of problem
There’s no mistrustfulness that every exploration work must have statement of problem to which this exploration works isn’t an exception. There are numerous cases going on in Nigeria that the civil character principle has been unjustly enforced. Also the periodic reports from the publications of the civil character commission shows that a lot of complaint arise as a result of breach of civil character principles by some establishments for illustration in the civil character examiner, a daily publication of the commission( 20085) indicted and summoned the Nigeria communication commission over breach of civil character principles.
More so, the inefficiency of the policy in retaining force capabilities into the association and the selection of workers which isn’t grounded on merit but the civil character principles are some of the problems that affect the effective performance of the Nigerian public service. likewise, the poor performance of hand’s discovered by the chairman Olusegun Obasanjo led administration was traced to poor force application and poor quality of civil retainers, also swear to this weakness. therefore, in view of the below problems, the need to dissect reclamation process in government establishments are strategic and must be structured duly.
Ideal of study
The following are primary objects of this study
1. To examine the extent to which the civil character and share system is risking merit in the reclamation and of labor force in the public service.
2. To identify the effectiveness and effectiveness of the civil character principle
and share system in the reclamation of labor force into the public service.
3. To identify probable problems in the operation of the civil character principle and share system on the reclamation of labor force into the
public service.
4. To examine the overall counteraccusations of civil character principle and share system on the reclamation exercise in the public service.
Exploration Question
The following exploration question attendants this study
1. To what extent is the civil character principle and share system risking merit in the reclamation of labor force in the public service?
2. How effective and effective is the civil character principle and share system in the reclamation of labor force into the public service?
3. What are the probable problems in the operation of the civil character principle and share system in the reclamation exercise of the public service?
4. What are the overall counteraccusations of civil character principle and share system on reclamation exercise at public service?
Exploration Hypotheses
1. The operation of civil character principle and share system is largely to an extent risking merit in the reclamation of labor force into the public service.
2. That the civil character principle and share system is hamstrung and ineffective in the reclamation of labor force into the public service.
3. That there are probable problems in the operation of the civil character principle and share system on the reclamation of labor force into the public service.
4. That the civil character principle and share system has multitudinous counteraccusations on the reclamation exercise in the public service.
Significance of study
The significance of this exploration work can not be over emphasized. still, this study intends to examine the operation of civil character principle and share system in the Nigerian public service risking the meritocracy of the service, particularly examining reclamation exercise at the FIRS and assess the commission in charge of the operation of the civil character principle in the Nigeria public service. Also the study examines and reviews the recrimination of civil character principle on force application in public service at civil, countries and original government position in Nigeria.
This study will further add to being literature on this study sphere and as well serve as a reference material to scholars, experimenters and scholars who may want to carry out further exploration on this content or affiliated area in the future.
Compass Of Study
This study focuses on probing Civil character principle and share system in Nigeria
Limitation of study
Finance, shy accoutrements and time constraint were the challenges the experimenters encountered during the course of the study.
Description Of Terms
Federal Character Principle A principle of representativeness in which reclamation, creation and distribution of other state resource are aimed at establishing a fair balance of ethnical and indigenous representation in all civil government agencies and parastatals( Agbodike 2003)
Quota System A system which limits or prescribes certain shares, or proportions,
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