The Impact Of Ethnicity On Nigeria Public Service

The Impact Of Ethnicity On Nigeria Public Service

Abstract

This exploration presents the results of the impact of race on Nigeria public service; a case study of Ogun state civil service.

The population for the study consists of 40 people which were aimlessly named, Data were gathered using a tone- constructed questionnaire and the result gotten was anatomized using the simple chance system. The validity and trustability of instrument were caught on . Data anatomized from the exploration shows that there’s a positive impact on public menial performance. still, ethnical diversity also comes with its benefits that can enhance hand and organizational performance. The study recommends that race and pool so as to promotes concinnity and also encourage forbearance among the workers and knowledge of other culture can be help to successfully carried out a specific task that requires similar knowledge when the need arise.

Chapter One

Background To The Study

The term ‘ race ’ has its roots in the Greek term ethnos/ ethnikos, which was generally used to describe heathens , that’snon-Hellenic and, latterly,non-Jewish( Gentile) ornon-Christian, alternate- class peoples, its academic and popular use is fairly ultramodern. Sociologically speaking, the term was chased byD. Riesman in 1953 and it gained wider use only during the 1960s and 1970s( Glazer and Moynihan, 1975).

Social scientists define race as “ a participated ethnical, verbal, or public identity of a social group ”( Jary and Jary, 1991 151). Social experimenters are interested in the assignment of individualities to social groups.

race may be defined as “ the employment or rallying of ethnical identity and difference to gain advantage in situations of competition, conflict or cooperation ”( Osaghae 199511). This description is preferred because it identifies two issues that are central to conversations on race. The first is that race is neither natural nor accidental, but is the product of a conscious trouble by social actors. The alternate is that race isn’t only manifest in conflictive or competitive relations but also in the surrounds of cooperation. A corollary to the alternate point is that ethnical conflict manifests itself in colorful forms, including voting, community service and violence. therefore, it need not always have negative consequences. race also encompasses the geste of ethnical groups. Ethnical groups are groups with credited class, generally but not always grounded on claims or myths of common history, strain, language, race, religion, culture and home. While all these variables need not be present before a group is so defined, the important thing is that such a group is classified or distributed as having a common identity that distinguishes it from others. It’s this bracket by important agencies similar as the state, religious institutions and the clerisy similar as original ethnical chroniclers that objectifies the ethnical group, frequently setting in stir processes of tone- identification or protestation and recognition by others. therefore, race isn’t so much a matter of ‘ combined traits or artistic similarities ’, but the result of the interplay between external categorization and tone- identification( Brubaker, Loveman and Stamatov 200431- 32).

Ekeh( 1972, 1975) posits that one of the abecedarian consequences of colonialism was the creation of two publics, which queried for the fidelity of Africans. These are( 1) the early public which is made up of ethnical unions, community associations and other early groups, established in the social period to meet the weal needs that were denied by the social state; and( 2) the communal public whose line begins with the social state outfit and encompasses the symbols and institutions of thepost-colonial state. While the early public enjoyed the affection of the people who always allowed of what they could do for it without asking for anything in return, the communal public is submersed by covetous citizens with a notion of citizenship that begins and ends at the realm of rights.

Times before the attainment of independence, Nigeria’s indigenous development gests were concerned with the top thing of managing race, which had shown clear signs of cankering the nation- structure design. Federalism, the creation of regions and countries and original governments, the shift from administrative to presidentialism, the institutionalization of share systems, the prohibition of ethnical political parties, consociation politicking, and the relinquishment of the civil character principle are some of the approaches that Nigeria has taken to manage ethnical diversity. These mechanisms have enjoyed the intellectual backing of institutionalists who posit that there’s a connection between ethnical conflict or peace and the nature of political institutions( Young 1976, Horowitz 1985).

Ethnical inequality in Nigeria has really hindered growth in numerous areas of development. The Structural Adjustment Programme( SAP) is a means to check race in Nigeria; which if serious about it, a positive impact will be felt.

Statement Of The Problem

In malignancy of the great benefactions of the public service to the profitable growth and development of the Nigerian frugality, the capacity of the mortal capital has been limited by race in the assiduity. Organizations greatly calculate on the performance of their workers and the performance of workers also relies so important on the ethnical diversity of the enterprises which obviously influences the performance of workers. When an organisation doesn’t have a conducive and enabling terrain for rehearsing pool diversity, workers will be deprived of all the positive benefits that would have redounded from a better operation of pool diversity similar as provocation, knowledge and skill transfer, creativity and better decision- making thereby demotivating those in the association who would have come the catalysts for better service delivery and organizational growth. Also, if pool diversity isn’t handled rightly, the conformation of colorful groups will do; this could lead to miscommunication, emotional conflicts, power struggle and eventually to high development of workers. The different pool will also come an asset for organisational growth. When pool diversity, that is, ethnical diversity, age, educational background, artistic background, and relations of the workers are relegated to the background, the service delivery, competitive edge, profitability among others of the organisation feel to collapse due to lack of platoon work among the workers; within a miscellaneous pool, a variety of values and work habits would be set up in which administrators would need to come professed at managing diversity( Mustapha, 2016).

Objects Of The Study

The general ideal of this study is to examine the impact of race on public service in Nigeria. The specific ideal are

1. To ascertain if race has positive or negative impact on Public Service in Nigeria.

2. Determine strategic ways in which race can positively impact the Nigerian public service.

Exploration Questions

The important exploration questions related to this study are

1. Has race have positive or negative impact on Public Service in Nigeria?

2. Are there ways in which race can positively impact the Nigerian public service?

Significance Of The Study

The result of this study will be of immense benefit to the Nigeria Public Service, as it would help to establish the relationship between race and productivity of civil or public menial. This study will also help the workers to accept and admire the unique diversity of follow associates who aren’t only analogous to them but also those who are different. It’ll help them to realize that working together can help ameliorate their performance. The findings of this study will serve as a source of accoutrements to unborn experimenters and as well guide them in probing on the impact of race in Nigeria Public service

Compass Of The Study

The study is concentrated on the type of relationship that exists between ethnical diversity in Nigeria Public service, Ogun state is used as a case study while Ado- Odo LGA is used.

Limitations Of The Study

This study encountered downsides and limitations due to the unyielding station of the repliers. Some of the repliers were unintentional and refused to fill the clones of the questionnaire due to fear of loss of their jobs. This problem was still, eased by reconsidering the repliers and persuading them on the need to help in completing the clones of the questionnaire as the information would be used solely for academic purpose