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WEEK 6
SUBJECT: CIVIC EDUCATION
CLASS: SS 3
TOPIC: PUBLIC SERVICE
CONTENT:
- Ways of improving the public service in Nigeria
- Teaching of political education in schools
- Use of code of conduct bureau and public complain commission.
SUB-TOPIC 1: WAYS OF IMPROVING THE PUBLIC SERVICE IN NIGERIA
The public service of any nation is the life wire of that nation. Improvement of the public service in Nigeria is the duty of all Nigerians and some of the ways of ensuring these are:
- Good salary packaged and good incentives for public workers. Their salaries and dues must be paid as at when due and must be reviewed from time to time to match the dictate of the time.
- Public Workers should be exposed to training and retraining to update their knowledge on the use of modern technologies for effectiveness.
- Both political office holders and public servants should work together towards the development of Nigeria. Political office holders should treat them as professionals and allow them to perform their official duties accordingly.
- The code of conduct bureau should sanction any public officer that is found wanting in the discharge of his/her duties.
- The public complain commission should intensity efforts to correct public officers and punish where necessary.
- Seminars, workshops, conference, round table talk and other awareness creation programmes should be conducted from time to time to enlighten the public servants on the dos and don’ts as public servants.
- Recruitment of experts: Because of the technicality involved in the provision of most essential services, it is incumbent upon the leadership of these corporations to employ professionals in the relevant fields to man the equipment used in the provision of their services.
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