Challenges Of Human Capital Development In Nigeria’s Federal Civil Service Under Goodluck Jonathan Administration: 2010-2015

1.3 Objectives of the Study

The study has both broad objective and specific objectives. The broad objective of the study is to study the state and nature of Human Capital Development in the Nigeria federal Civil Service with the view of identifying its challenges under Goodluck Jonathan Administration. While the specific objectives of the study are to:

1. Find out the state of Human Capital Development in Nigeria Civil Service.
2. Examine the efforts made by the Federal Government of Nigeria in the Federal Civil Service with respect to developing Human Capital under Goodluck Jonathan Administration
3. Ascertain whether inadequate Human Capital Development have some implications in the development of effective Civil Service in Nigeria.

1.4 Significance of the Study

This study has both theoretical and empirical significance, theoretically, the study, among other things, will advance the frontiers of knowledge and add to the existing literature on Human Capital Development in the Federal Civil Service, the findings of this research will be useful to scholars, researchers, and students. The research is also justified because it is in accordance with national priority of “change” of the incumbent Federal Government, hence it is timely, topical and auspicious.

Empirically, the study is significant because it will raise the awareness of the importance of Human Capital Development especially in Federal Civil Service. Thus the findings of this research will serve as a working document and can guide the government especially at the Federal level that just assumed the power/responsibility of repositioning and transforming the Federal Civil Service for the challenges ahead.

It will also be of significant benefit to policy makers, administrators who have been making good policies without seeing to its effective implementation owing to the incompetence’s and poor training of the civil servants. It will also accord the government an insight on how to make a maximum use of human capital, by investing on it as he will invest in order capitals for profit making, because human is the most important factors of production.

Finally, the findings and recommendation of this research will lead to increase in budgetary allocation and more policy formulation that will guarantee improved Human Capital Development.

1.5 Scope and Limitations of the Study

Scope of the study covers Human Capital Development in Nigeria federal Civil Service and its challenges under Goodluck Jonathan administration. It discussed Human Capital Development in the Federal Civil Service it also focused on the office of Federal Civil Service Commission and office of the Head of the Civil Service of the federation which are the umbrella bodies of all the civil federal ministries in Nigeria.

Some of the limitations encountered in the course of the research include the uncooperative and unnecessary bureaucratic attitude of some of the staff who feels that information the researcher is requesting is not meant for public consumption.

Notwithstanding the time limit and cost of carrying out this research, another major limitation is the bureaucratic bottle neck that makes getting information from the federal Civil Service very difficult and time consuming.

Finally, data are poorly managed in the Federal Civil Service, in view of this; getting needed information is always hard. Notwithstanding the above limitations, the researcher was able to surmount them to obtain valid and reliable information.