RECRUITMENT POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION IN FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE

This Paper Assesses recruitment policy and Implementation at the Federal Civil Service Commission; the Paper analyzes, recruitment policy and how it is implemented by the commission? The research methodology> adopted in this research is the documentary research method. This method consists of documentary evidence from the federal civil service commission such as civil service hand book and manual and seconda/y sources of data collection were used. The secondary sources used included journals and textbooks. The information were analyzed using deductive reasoning and simple percentages as tools of analyzing these data. The study revealed that the commission has a recruitment policy which stipulates the kind of people to be appointed into the sendee. The study found that, recruitment into federal civil sendee is determined by federal character principle and merit system. On the Federal Character Principle, the recruitment system is intertwined with qualification, experience, skills, ability, and equal representation to all states, and zones of the federation. Finally the following recommendations were made, that there is an urgent need for the amendment of1999 constitution to accommodate emerging issues that relate to various competency and experiences required in the appointment of Nigerians into civil service.