Personnel Utilization: A Major Challenge in Nigeria Local Government System

Ayotunde David Odewale, Oluwatobi Adeyemi, Banji Marcellinus Adepoju

Abstract


The success of any organization rely more in ability to utilize its human and material resources to achieve the desired objectives. Local government in Nigeria has a mandate of proper utilization of her personnel in an efficient and effective manner in order to meet the developmental demands at the local level. This particular objective has suffered a setback particularly in a result-oriented manner. The paper adopted secondary and primary source of data. The paper revealed some issues that have been major clogs to effective utilization of personnel in Nigeria local government, which range from lack of: adequate policies; proper job description; proper developmental orientation; and proper innovation among others. It recommends a re-adjustment of policies, proper job descriptions, in terms of task and responsibility to each employee, and that the state government should allow local government to strive more in order to effectively maximizes their personnel utilization.  The paper concluded that the personnel utilization rate in Nigeria local government is at low ebb.

Keywords


Personnel; Personnel utilization; Personnel management; Local government; Effectiveness; Efficiency

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/11815

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