Abstract: The Federal government of Nigeria established the Federal character policy as a measure to check the problem of employment distribution, inequality and marginalization as perceived in the civil service of the country. It is against this backdrop that the paper sought to conceptualize the relationship between the Federal character policy of employment equality and the employment distribution civil service of Nigeria. Secondary source of data collection was used for this paper, specifically scholarly journals, text books, articles, handbooks, governmental official document and dictionaries was consulted and used for this study. For the purpose of analyses the study adopts the content analysis of scholarly publications. The research discovered that the whole essence of the establishment of the Federal character policy as a measure for equitable distribution of governmental employment in the civil service of Nigeria created an admirable nexus between the civil service and federal character policy but more needs to done at the interpretation and implementation stage. Hence, this paper recommends a strict adherence to policy guidelines and massive orientation in order to guarantee better understanding that will ensure a more cordial relationship.
Keywords: Federal character policy; Civil Service, Employment Distribution; States; Policy.
Title: The Nexus between Federal Character Policy and the Nigeria Civil Service
Author: Timothy Onimisi, Ku Hasnita Ku Samsu, Mohd Mahadee bin Ismail, Murni binti Wan Mohd Nor
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Research Publish Journals
