THE INFLUENCE OF POLITICS ON SERVICE DELIVERY IN THE CIVIL SERVICES OF BENUE AND KWARA STATES, NIGERIA

Taiye Adewale Awontunde, PhD

Abstract


Politics is a very important phenomenon in the affairs of states. It exerts influence on the day to day activities of the citizenry. Good governance by political office holders promote development and enhance service delivery in the civil service. The study examined how politics affect service delivery in the civil services of Benue and Kwara states, Nigeria. The study also examined the historical development of the Nigerian civil service. The methodology utilised for the study was survey research design. The population of the study was one thousand, four hundred and thirty-nine (1,439). The sample size for the study was three hundred and thirteen (313), based on Taro Yamane’s formula. Structured questionnaires were administered to respondents in different departments in the Ministries of Health and Education of the two states. The study realised that the Nigerian civil service had undergone a lot of changes over the years. The study found that politics had a negative significant effect on service delivery, F(1,304) = 10.086, p < 0.05). The study concludes that politics had significant effect on service delivery in Benue and Kwara States. The study recommends that political office holders should desist from interfering in the activities of civil servants, in order to enhance efficient service delivery.


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Civil service, development, influence, politics, service delivery

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