EFFECT OF LABOUR TURNOVER ON PERFORMANCEOF THE KADUNA STATE WATER CORPORATIONHEADQUARTERS, KADUNA

Labour turnover in organisations have continued to pose a great concern in most organisations in Nigeria irrespective of whether it is public or private sector. This occurrence has a negative impact on the organisational growth. This study looks at the effect oflabour turnover on performanceof the Kaduna State Water Corporation, Kaduna with the view of the staff in the Headquarters. The study period between 2015 and 2017 was conducted. To obtain a more intense data, a quantitative research method was adopted. The questionnaire was designed with a five point closed end Likert scale questionnaire and distributed randomly to a sample size of 50 which was populated for the Headquarters. 70% of the questionnaires were responded to and a simple percentage technique was used to analyse the data obtained. The result showed that the labour turnover experienced in the organisation were more involuntary (85.71%) posing great effect (56.43%) on the organisation with policies and health been the major causes. The study revealed that this turnover is on a high side (79.8% separation) and causes forceful retirement of staffs and predominant with the senior staff. Hence, adequate work policies and remunerations by the management and government would do a lot in remedying these consequences which has become necessary.