BUREAUCRACY AND EFFICIENCY IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC ENTERPRISE:
(A CASE STUDY OF NEPA ONITSHA BRANCH.)
ABSTRACT
The research used questionnaires
personal interviews and observation during the research work.
The
research work goes to NEPA Onitsha branch and the field of study.
The
questionnaire were distributed to the staff of NEPA by the researcher and
subsequently interacted with them on Personal interview. All data collection were grouped into
references computed and arranged in tables for easy reference. The data were
presented according to the respondents ensures based on research question.
Well
also stated in chapter one are the statement of problem the significance of the
study and questionnaires include in this chapter is the definition of terminal
reference.
Chapter
two deals with the literature review, manpower, and also deal with the
measurement of efficiency.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page
Approval page
Acknowledgement
Abstract
Table of contents
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Purpose
of study
1.2 Statement
of problems
1.3 Scope
and limitations of study
1.4 Historical
background of study
1.5 Methodology
of Research
1.6 Definition
of terms used
1.7 Significance
CHAPTER
TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW OR RELATED STUDY AND NOTES REVIEW OR
RELATED STUDY
CHAPTER
THREE
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
3.1 Deficiency
in man-power supply of data. Deficiency
in man-power
management of data
3.2 Uneconomical
recruitment politics of data.
Inappropriate mechanism of man-power motivation.
3.3 Need
for culturally relevant management
3.4 Practices
References
CHAPTER
FOUR
4.0 Data
Presentation and Analyzed
4.1 Question
of Research
Questionnaire
CHAPTER
FIVE
5.0 Summary
of findings
5.1 Observations
5.2 Conclusion
Recommendation
Bibliography
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
OF THE STUDY
1.1 PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
Right from the unset of this world,
man has co-operatively
Organized as a group to work
towards a directed goal in a directive manner indeed the prevalence of complex
bureaucracies is believed to be the structural frame work in our recent
organizations.
Against this bed the emergencies of
these bureaucracy
Organization is so unprecedented and epitomizing
of the contemporary era that it is often believed that we are living in the
organizational society where people are manned by organization (PROCTITIS 1962)
No
less important to mention is the fact these complex organizations are
established not only to find solution to given human problems but to do efficiently
it is not surprising therefore that in the new turn era, the central concern of
several classical social analysis was the issue of how man is going to organize
human society in general and more specifically his productive. Activities in
the most efficient way to achieve maximum benefits. Adam Smith (1723-1790) advocated that Economic
on industrial matters should be left in the hands of economics or industrial
elites and agents i.e. (those wast in economic affairs) He was concerned with the problem of
organizational productivity. Above all,
for max weber (1864-1920) the essence of bureaucratic organization is
efficiency. In other words, the peculiar
characteristics of bureaucracy enables men to effectively and efficiency deal
with and transform the socio-physical
environment. It is at this basic that
bureaucratic organizations are guided and pirated in man’s bid to perfect and
actualize himself through socio-economic development that any impediment to
their efficient operations should be vicised seriously. Indeed, the fact that Nigerians fought a
civil war six years after independence, followed immediately by another six
years of unprecedented oil boom in which extreme materialism took over control
of Nigeria’s min’ and total soul, led to the enthronement of indiscipline, corruption and a lot contempt
for order honours and excellence within the whole society including the bureaucrat
public.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
Bureaucratic efficiency have now
posed serious concern for
all. It
distorts the smooth operation of system of NEPA Business unit Onitsha and adversely affects the efficient
delivery of public goods and services.
The
main problem of this research therefore revolves the following question?
What is Bureaucracy?
Is the country’s socio-political
climate conducive for revise, sound and efficiency public bureaucracy?
Has the government of Nigeria made
any serious efforts towards fracing and eradication of Bureaucratic
inefficiency in her public administration?
To what extent does the reform
exercise yielded positive result?
Could it be possible for Nigerian’s
public administration or public enterprise to service without bureaucratic
inefficiency?
1.3 PURPOSE OF STUDY
This research is aimed at finding
out the extent to which bureaucratic efficiency have undermined the smooth
effective wand efficient – operation of Nigeria Public Administration, to
identifying, examine and analyzing these valuables visa-via their remote causes
in the country’s public services administration. It is equally the purpose of this research
work to make a well articulated recommendation that will go a lory way in
helping to ensure sanity in our public service with a view to achieving
efficiency and increase productivity at this research is timely at this time to
readiness the Eric bureaucratic in efficiency have inflicted in out public
enterprise basis and the quest to establish a solid, dependable, sound and
efficient public administration/bureaucracy that several alternative system of
public administration were imported ranging from British model to American
models, but it has been discovered that both cannot even relatively and
effectively solve the Nigeria problems of bureaucratic inefficiency, collapse
in her public corporations etc.
Besides, various regimes of government
in Nigeria
have at one time or the other evoked and
evolved radical measures to carping and transforming NEPA administrative
bureaucracy. First was in early sixty’s military
bureaucracy however plunged the country into about 30 months of civil war and
aggravated much more problems rather than proffering any solution. The after effect of the civil war, after six
years of independence was preceded by civil boom, which brought a lot of
misname to the public corporation (NEPA) and the public policy. The Udoji
public service review commission which awarded salary to public servants was
counter productive. No wonder the result
of this exercise militated the 1995 General Murtala Mohamed’s great purge in
the public service of Nigeria. This president General Babangida described at
the memorial lecture held in honour of the late Murtala as a man with the
vision of an ordered society. But these
noble reforms led to the ethnic bias and squandameneir 0of Obasanjo and Shangri
regime.
Albair, Buhari cumldiagbon Regina
attempted drastic reforms exercise, but their result were aborted and stiffed
civil servants hence this assertion by Buhari that this generation of Nigeria
and in need future generations have no other place but Nigeria and there for
must put all hand on desk to salvage it
president Babangida is government with a credit of eight years in power battled
with various reforms evident among this ranged from the enlargement of public
bureaucracies by the creation of eleven additional state from already exist
nineteen totaling thirty states an about six hundred and eight nine local
government. In addition, the regime implement reforms granite antonym to the
local govern to the local government and decentralized the public bureaucracies.
However, this laudable and
palatable achievement was clashed by the introduction of the structural
adjustment programme (SAP) which drafted the economy of the country to it kneed
and to the noel. The effect of this programme brought about piles of
socio-cultural and political problem to the society including the public
bureaucracy. The after math o f this programme accounted for more bureaucratic
problems then the country bureaucratic problems than the country had ever
recorded. Consequent upon this, they were high rate of corruption, both in
public and civil private lines, indiscipline, trained inefficiency who do you
know inefficiency who do you know syndrome (IM) mismanagement just to mention
but a few.
The present Abubakar regime had not
introduced any new measure rather it has been drying to put things in its
proper position which the last regime count do (Abacha regimes) rather the last
regime had been consolidating on the
fairs as loans of the previous programmes. Professor Ademolelcun sumed it up
when he remarked that from the tine party government were established in 1954
to their disappearance in January 1966, corrupt practices assumed proportions that were formately unknown
supportive this assertion he quoted that,
the absence of political parties under military rule did not bring about
a permanent reduction in the level of corruption the disappearance of corruption practices directly connected to
political patronage and party finance were
replaced by dramatic increase in the incidence of individual corruption.
This quotation is from professor ladipo Ademoleicun politics and Administration
(ibadan
spectrum book Ltd 1986) p.p. 162.
1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS
For clarity sake most of the key
concepts used in this research, need the definition.
BUREAUCRACY: consists of a form
functions of the government the bureaucratic organization are concerned with
administrative functions the execution of policies, and recording of goods and
services. Those who work in this organization are referred to as civil
servants, expect in military bureaucratic organization where they are referred
as to “ Soldiers, or military personnel.
( source from element of government by Dr. Mrs. Chinelo G.O Nzellbe
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: The intern
encyclopedia defined public administration as “ continuously active business
part of government concerned with carrying out laws as made by legislative
bodies ( or other authoritative agents and interpreted by counts through the
process of organization and management ” Wooddow Wilson defined if as means of
detailing and executing public laws systematically.
ADMINISTRATION: For Bahogun (1983
–84) the term “ administration” covers almost every spare of acting as can be
taken to mean anything ranging from the direction of affairs of an enterprise
to the simple act of paying monthly pension or salaries.
INEFFICIENCY: It could be obstacles,
anything that impedes or obstructs the proper functioning of bureaucracy. It
also a narrow stretch of road which causes traffic to slow down or stop
anything that slow down production in a manufacturing process (definition from
oxford learning dictionary).
RED TAPISM: Excessive use of
formalities in public business; to much attention to rules and regulations.
CORRUPTION: Demotes immoral,
depriated dishonest ( of persons or their action) especially through taking of
pre payments ( bribes). It means impure or something debased by errors or
alterations.
EFFICIENT: Capable, able to perform
duties well, producing a desired or productive or satisfactory result.
EFFECTIVE: Having an effect: able
to bring about the result intended, making a stinking impression.
PREVIEW OF THE STUDY: This research
work is specially written as one of the repletion of my first diploma programme
in the management studies unit of institute of management and technology Enugu
(IMT) But it could also serve as a useful research material for other students
of public administration in Nigeria
or any part of the world.
This research work is divided into
five chapters. However chapter one deals with the problem and its setting
including an introduction. Then an over view of the historical background.
Chapter two of this project deals with the review of related literature. In the
chapter three, the research deals with presentation analysis and interpretation
of data. Chapter four is embodied with the summary of the findings which
investigated into Raynaud causes of effects and identifications of variables
that ministry against smooth and efficient operation of public administration
in Nigeria.
Chapter five also contains the recommendation made by the research and
conclusion drawn. The promient postulation of the researcher on the study is
that bureaucratic decay is a hallmark of a developing economy Buoyant economy
is a pre – condition for a venile and an enduring bureaucracy and vice versa.