State of public service delivery in nigeria and attitude to public work: A critical reflection on the nexus

Given the increasing range of demands for effective public service delivery in Nigeria and the contrarily dwindling performance of the public service, the study reflected critically on the extent to which attitudes of Public Servants towards Public Service accounts for the poor public service delivery. In doing this, content analysis technique was adopted as the research methodology. The key conclusion is that there is prevailing negative attitude to public service by public servants in Nigeria and this largely explains the poor performance of the public service in Nigeria. Along the line of this conclusion, it is recommended that government should build in the Nigerian public servants a positive attitude to work, put in place favourable public service environment, ensure regular capacity building for the public servants, ensure regular and effective performance appraisal to always ensure that promotion, advancement and commendation among public servants are based on merit and to put in place a reliable and effective retirement benefits.