IMPACT OF EMKPLOYEES ABSENTEEISM ON WORKERS PERFORMANCE FOR HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY IN NIGERIA. A STUDY OF NDOKWE EAST OF DELTA STATE.

The study examined employee absenteeism and performance of workers in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State, Nigeria. The main objective of the study is to examine employee absenteeism and performance of workers in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State. The specific objectives are as follows; to determine the extent absenteeism of local government employees has affected the output of the local governments in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State; to examine the extent absenteeism of local government employees has affected the provision of social amenities by the local governments in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State; to ascertain various challenges that leads to absenteeism of local government employees in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State and to proffer recommendations to the challenges that leads to absenteeism of local government employees in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State. Furthermore, population of the study comprises all staff of Ndokwa-East Local Government Area of Delta State. According to the Human Resource Department of Ndokwa-East Local Government Area of Delta State, the total staff strength of council members is 1031. The research will adopt the stratified random sampling and simple random sampling (probability sampling technique) in selecting 400 respondents (Staff of Ndokwa-East government Area) for this study. The four hundred (400) sample size was determined through the Taro Yamane formular. The study reveals amongst others that absenteeism of employees has affected the performance of Ndokwa East local government area of Delta State. The study further observed that due to absenteeism of staff in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta citizens viewed government business as unserious. Furthermore, the government should make available more funds to enable the sustainability drive of local government area workers in terms of morale motivation