EVALUATION OF DISCIPLINARY MEASURES IN NIGERIAN CIVIL SERVICE: A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (1999-2004).
EVALUATION OF DISCIPLINARY MEASURES IN NIGERIAN CIVIL SERVICE: A CASE STUDY OF FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (1999-2004).
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2006-12
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ENEJO, WADA
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Abstract
This thesis is an evaluation of disciplinary measures and how they
relate to morale and job performance in the Nigerian civil service in
general and the Federal Ministry of Finance in particular from 1999-2004.
The problem investigated by this research is: Given the general indiscipline
in the civil service and Finance Ministry in particular, what are the
disciplinary measures taken to check the general acts of indiscipline in the
civil service? Against the backdrop of the above problem, the study was
conducted with the objective of evaluating the nature of disciplinary
measures in Nigerian civil service. Three hypotheses were tested; the first
is on the various disciplinary measures and procedures in the civil service,
the second is on the relationship between disciplinary measures and
employee morale and performance while the third is on the effectiveness
of the disciplinary measures. Data for this research were collected from
both the primary and secondary sources. The Primary sources were
interviews and questionnaire administered to 167 respondents. The
secondary sources were textbooks, establishment circulars, civil service
rules, websites, Journals, newspapers, brochures of the ministry and so
on.
From the data analyzed, it was discovered that the ministry has not
been effective in administering disciplinary measures and procedures as
contained in the civil service rules. It was also discovered that supervisors
derelict from administering disciplinary measures on erring officers of the
civil service. This arises mostly from primordial considerations such as
tribe, religion and the Like. Finally, it was discovered that the application of
disciplinary measures in the Federal Ministry of Finance has been
considered as having negative impact on morale and performance of civil
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servants especially the junior staff and a good number of the intermediate
staff.
Considering the foregoing, it was recommended that the
interference into disciplinary procedures for whatever reasons whether
tribal, religion, place of birth which culminates into favouritism and similar
phenomena that makes offenders escape from being adequately
disciplined or seek protection from adverse disciplinary measures should
be stopped in the civil service. This is the only way to ensure that superior
officers who are supposed to take disciplinary measures on offending
officers do not derelict in doing so. It was recommended that punitive
measures that are more corrective than punishing should be devised and
used. It was also recommended that notice of offense should be made
known to the offender before punishment amongst other
recommendations.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD
OF MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (MPA)
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION,
FACULTY OF ADMINISTRATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.
DECEMBER, 2006
Keywords
EVALUATION,, DISCIPLINARY,, MEASURES,, NIGERIAN,, CIVIL SERVICE,, CASE STUDY,, FEDERAL MINISTRY,, FINANCE (1999-2004).