An Overview of the Bane of Remuneration and Service Delivery to Government Workers in Nigeria. A Case Study of Ekiti State Civil Servants
- April 2, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Political Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue III, March 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
BABATOLA, Adeleye Marcus (Ph.D)1, OLUWASANMI, Lawrence A (Ph.D)2, ROTKANG, Dimlong Dimang3
1Department of Political Science, Ekiti State University, P.M.B 5363 Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
2Department of Sociology, Ekiti State University, P.M.B 5363 Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
3Department of Political Science University of Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
I. INTRODUCTION
The security and development of any nation depend critically on the adequacy of its social service delivery to the populace (Nnamani and Chilaka, 2012). It is a global trend and a response to social needs and social problems of the people. (Iloh and Bahir, 2013) opine thus: “Social service encompasses programmes aimed at achieving some objectives and it relates to the social system in the goals of social policies. The efficiency and effectiveness of social services provisioning has been viewed to be critical in the overall development of a nation. Social service programmes contribute to development in such areas as job creation, economic growth, poverty reduction, mortality, rural-urban migration, diversification of the economy, citizen empowerment, self actualization and happiness among others (Nwofia, 2010). The following research questions are considered very germane to the study and are raised to guide the study. How significant is the relationship between effective wages administration in Civil service and employee’s performance? What are the constraints to regular payment of salaries by some states in Nigeria? What is the implications non-payment of salaries on public service delivery?
The study is guided by the following major objectives which are to: Identify significant relationship between effective wages administration in Civil service and employee’s performance; examine the constraints to regular payment of salaries by some states in Nigeria; and ascertain implications non-payment of salaries on public service delivery
