The paper examined the causes and effects of pressure for appointment in the Nigerian federal civil service. Secondary data were used as the predominate sources of data collection. The causes of pressure for appointment in the Nigerian federal civil service were adapted from Briggs (2007) survey research findings. The paper identified public sector driven economy, high budgetary allocation for recurrent expenditure, violation of federal character principle and lack effective implementation of human resource planning as the prevalent effects of pressure for appointment in the Nigerian federal civil service. As a result, it was recommended that the federal government should initiate policies and programmes that would induce shift from the public sector driven economy to the private sector driven economy as well as promote entrepreneurship development reforms in the country. It was also recommended that appointment in the federal civil service should be merit based. These recommendations would curtail the pressure for appointment in the Nigerian federal civil service and address other economic and social problems in the country.
Causes of pressure for appointment, effects of pressure for appointment, Nigerian federal civil service
