FOCUSING BEYOND THE STIGMA OF BUREAUCRATIC INEFFICIENCY TO BUIDING A COMPETENCE BASE BUREAUCRACY IN NIGERIA: THE IMPERATIVE OF TRAINING

Abstract

One of the major challenging to the effective working of the Nigerian state has been the gross inefficiency associated with its public bureaucracy. This is not to say that there are no good hands to effectively carryout assigned task on the contrary the problem has been that of using inappropriate methods to meet current challenges; the result has been failure due to incompetence. The failure of the bureaucracy has had serious consequences on the development process of Nigeria thus, necessitating the applications of series of reforms to correct the problem, yet neglecting the imperative of taking seriously the relevance of continuous training of bureaucrats. From the 1970s to date, the various government have fared well on promises of taking the issue of creating an enabling environment that will facilitate staff training but have failed in actual implementation thus complicating the whole situation. This paper using the documentary and analytical method has attempted to examine the concept of training and its utility to improving workers competence in the worker place vis-à-vis the challenges that are undermining effective training programs for the Nigerian bureaucrat.