The civil service ensures the implementation of government policies and programmes
The civil service is synonymous with government bureaucracy
The civil service was originally an instrument of British rule
The patriarchs of the Nigerian Public Service were Chief Simon Adebo Chief Jerome Udoji and Sir kashim Imam
The most critical period of the public service was the great purge of 1975
The power to make appointments is vested with the Federal Civil Service Commission
One of the problems of the public service is the issue of quota system which is anti-merit
The Ayida Review Panel Report of 1995 recommended the restoration of Permanent Secretary as a career
In practice the Permanent Secretary is the Chief Administrative Officer of the Ministry
A Minister is responsible for referring to the Federal Executive Council or the President
The essence of SERVICOM is for improved service delivery
Total Quality Management is concerned about customer satisfaction
One of Deming’s 14 quality improvement principles is to create constancy of purpose
An organization’s mission is a long term vision of what the organization is aiming at
One of the purposes of Public/Private Partnership is policy evaluation and review
Public Private Partnership is associated with fund mobilization
No officer is allowed to remain in service after 60 years or 35 years of pensionable service
Judicial officers and professors retire at the age of 70 years
Under the present dispensation the permanent secretary is the accounting officer
A strategic plan is a long-term vision of what the organization is aiming at
In a public enterprise government controls the majority of the shares leaving other shareholders to hold the remaining shares
