FEDERAL CHARACTER PRINCIPLE AND ITS IMPLICATION ON MANPOWER UTILIZATION: AN ANALYSIS OF RECRUITMENT EXERCISE AT THE FEDERAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (FCDA)

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1       BACKGROUND OF STUDY

Today in Nigeria the use of federal character principle has became an instrument for recruitment into federal, state and local government civil service. In most federal system of government, the major issue is usually that of resources sharing among the federal units at horizontal and vertical level. According to Elaigwu (1992) where the sharing arrangements are working well, there are less agitations and citizens have a felling of belonging and equity. On the other hand, where the sharing principle is not working well. The citizen agitates and makes all sorts of demands such as call for national conference, etc. How ever, in Nigeria, after a series of debate in  1975 the constitutional drafting committee was set up which established federal character commission as a body charge  with  the responsibility of implementing the federal character principle in order to ensured equitable sharing of posts in the public services. This was also enshrined in the 1999 federal constitution of federal republic of Nigeria.

The federal character principles as enshrined in the constitution of Nigeria is to ensure equitable distributions of bureaucratic and political posts in the  public service of federal,  states and local government levels. The objectives of the policy is to foster national unity and give every Nigerian a sense of belonging among other in the country. The federal character principle which is implemented under the federal character commission is therefore designed, initiated to correct adverse impact resulting from opportunities and resources provided by the federal government to the citizens of the country that appears neutral but have a discriminatory effect on a protected group. The federal character principle is therefore, empowered to ensure strong and indivisible nation based on justice and fairness, while also ensuring that the sense of belonging of all Nigerians is still maintained. As laudable as the above policy maybe, and the empowerments of the concept in the nation’s constitution, its application has remain a debatable topic to which some critics have claimed that the policy comprise the merit system which will create an enabling environment for those that are only qualify employed into the Nigerian civil service, thereby fostering quality service rendering for the development of the country. Therefore it is important to note that, efficient manpower utilization is determined through effective credible recruitment. However, this research work is centered on the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) as the case study. The Federal Capital Development Authority is responsible for the general administration of the federal capital territory, Abuja and its environment. The selection of manpower potentials into the administration of Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) will in no doubt have great impact on the achievement of set objectives of the establishment. Thus, this research work will analyses the implication of federal character on manpower utilization in the recruitment of personal in the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Abuja based on the federal character commission been the commission established to implement federal character principle in Nigeria.

TOPIC: FEDERAL CHARACTER PRINCIPLE AND ITS IMPLICATION ON MANPOWER UTILIZATION: AN ANALYSIS OF RECRUITMENT EXERCISE AT THE FEDERAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (FCDA)

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Chapters: 1 - 5, Abstract, References, Questionnaire.
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Number of Pages: 55

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