ABSTRACT
This thesis is entitled, "Structure and Growth of the Civil Service in Nigeria: A case Study of Bauchi State 1976 - 1984". The work is made up of four chapters. As the topic implies, the main aim of the study is to find out the effects of the structure and size of the state civil service on its performance. It also attempts to find out:-
(a) the rate, trend as well as pattern of the growth of the service from 1976 - 1984;
(b) the ways in which the organizational structure of the service facilitates or hinders the achievement of government objectives;
(c) whether the service has witnessed rapid growth; and if so, whether such growth has resulted in disproportionate span of control;
(d) the relationship between increase in the size of the civil service and annual budgetary expenditure over the nine year period with a view of finding out whether or not the civil service has become a self-serving institution;
(e) whether or not there exists healthy working relationship between the various classes of the service; and
(f) the extent and effects of the last retrenchment exercise.
