EVALUATION OF THE LINKAGE BETWEEN CIVIL SERVICE REFORM AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

This paper examines the linkage between civil service reforms and human resources development in Nigeria, a case study of Oyo State Civil Service Commission. A descriptive survey method was adopted for this study by taking a sample from a population and generalizing the result on the whole population. The study was designed to analyze civil service and human resource development in the Nigeria civil service with particular emphasis on civil service commission. The results of the study revealed that successive reforms in Nigeria improve administrative and operational performance of the civil service, contribute to efficiency and effectiveness of civil servants and most importantly, Civil service reform has significant impact on human resources in Nigeria. However, the findings revealed that the various reforms did not take adequate care of civil service reward and compensation and Failure of most of the reforms to take care of staff training needs affect the effectiveness of reforms. Nevertheless, it can be concluded that Eradication of excessive political interference, Proper implementation of the provisions of various reforms, and taking care of staff training need in future reforms would enhance effective human resource in Nigerian civil service.