DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Employee work attitude remains a critical determinant of organizational effectiveness within local government administrations in Nigeria. This study examines the factors influencing work attitude among employees in the Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. Drawing on established public administration and organizational psychology literature, the research investigates how leadership style, job satisfaction, workplace environment, remuneration, organizational culture, and perceived fairness shape employee attitudes toward work. The study employed a mixed-method design, integrating quantitative survey responses from 120 staff members with qualitative interviews to enrich and deepen the contextual understanding of the findings. Findings indicate that supportive leadership, equitable compensation, and a conducive work environment significantly predict positive work attitudes, while bureaucratic constraints and inadequate career progression opportunities contribute to negative dispositions. The study concludes that targeted reforms addressing motivation, employee welfare, and administrative transparency are essential to improving work attitudes within local government structures. Recommendations for strengthening employee engagement and enhancing public service delivery are discussed

This study investigated gender inequality and women employment opportunities in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The sample size was made up of 90 respondents. The data collected was analyzed using frequency count and simple percentage. The study revealed that societal norms, lack of access to education, lack of governmental support, gender stereotype and limited access to finance are the factors responsible for gender discrimination on employment opportunities for women in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. It was concluded that there is high level of gender inequality in employment opportunities among women in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The study recommends that government should make concerted efforts towards ensuring women have access to credit loans which they could use to start up their own businesses. It was also recommended that the Senate and House of Representatives should consider the adoption of a bill that constitutes strategies to fight against discrimination in Nigeria.

The research project an assessment of the level of political interference in the implementation of public procurement in public institutions. The objective of this study aimed at assessing the level of political interference in the implementation of Public Procurement process, identifying other factors affecting public procurement implementation in public institutions and suggesting some possible remedies to preventing political interference in public procurement implementation in public institutions. For this study, the survey research design was adopted. The choice of the design was informed by the objectives of the study as outlined in chapter one. This research design provides a quickly efficient and accurate means of assessing information about a population of interest. The population for this study were workers in Civil Service Commission in Edo state, Nigeria. A total of 134 respondents were selected from the population figure out of which the sample size was determined. Public procurement activities suffer from neglect, lack of direction, poor co-ordination, lack of open competition and transparency, differing levels of corruption and most importantly not having a cadre of trained and qualified procurement specialists, who are competent to conduct and manage such procurements, in a professional, timely and cost-effective manner. Inflexible and bureaucratic systems of procurement contribute to unacceptable contract delays, increased costs, the potential for manipulation of contract awards and lack of fair competition, all of which create the perception in the population at large, that public expenditure is slow, ineffective, expensive and often corrupt

This study examine good governance and state- local fiscal relations in Nigeria. In todays society, people focus a lot on being proud and achieving things on their own at work. Local government as a third tier of government are subordinate to the state and federal governments which are effectively the determinant level of government. So, this study wants to find out how working together. This development gradually transformed democratic administration into bureaucratic administration in which the centre looms large and therefore, changed the original federal form n which the legal and political competence of each unit of government is limited in relation to the legal and political competence of other unit of government. The objectives of the study was to examine the extent of cordiality, in terms of fiscal relations existing between Edo State Government and OREDO Local Government. Th methodology used was a survey research design through the use of a structure questionnaire in getting data form respondents.. the method of data analysis that was adopted is statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The major findings form the study revealed that teamwork has a positive effect on the
performance of the organization and the researcher made the following
recommendations was that, organization who have discountd teamwork, must start employing in, by organizing training programms, and also organization should try to build teamwork within the workplace which will enable them patter their growth and development .

The study examined the impact of accountability mechanisms on procurement intheEdo State Civil Service. The objectives were to identify the existing accountabilitymechanics in the procurement of Edo State civil service. To find out howtheseaccountability mechanisms are implemented within the public procurement systeminEdo State civil service to also identify the challenges that hinder effective accountability in procurement practices in Edo State civil service. The study employeda descriptive research design, utilizing both primary and secondary data. The population of study of this research was made up of staf s of the Edo State secretariat, Benin city. The sample size of this study was 100 respondents. Questionnaires weredistributed among selected civil servants, and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings reveal that; while accountability mechanisms exist, theiref ectiveness is often hindered by weak enforcement, political interference, and poor monitoring systems. The study recommends strengthening institutional frameworks, promoting e-procurement, and enhancing transparency to improve procurement
outcomes in the Edo State Civil Service