Appraisal of Civil Service Reforms in Nigeria and Options for Stability

Abstract

Civil service remains an expedient spring board upon which every nation takes off her developmental strides. The institution is fundamental and strategic particularly to Nigeria as a developing country. Development of civil service in Nigeria is tied to the colonial administration even as the period recorded unprecedented reforms. Quest for reform in the civil service became very essential and regular given the observed poor condition of service. The crux of this paper is to appraise several reforms in the civil service of Nigeria with the view to finding the flaws that necessitated further reforms. The appraisal is justifiable given the increasing clamor for more reforms, a situation that dovetailed into incessant labour unrests. Nigerians are the main beneficiary of a stable civil service sector particularly the workers as the sector remains the highest employer of labour.This paper adopted comparative and analytic approaches. In the end recommendations were made.

Keywords: Civil Service, Reforms, Options for Stability