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Item AN APPRAISAL OF THE ROLE OF PROMOTION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF CIVIL SERVANTS IN THE KWARA STATE CIVIL SERVICE(Department of Public Administration, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, 2016-03-13) Ameen, Abdullateef; Abdulkareem, A. K.; Bello, MohammedPromotion is significant if workers are to be motivated towards greater performance. It is against this background that this study appraises the role of promotion in the performance of civil servants in the Kwara State civil service. A survey design was adopted and data were obtained from both primary and secondary sources. A multi-stage sampling technique was adopted utilizing purposive, simple random and proportional sampling techniques. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting a total of seven ministries and one agency, and 250 respondents were randomly selected and close-ended questionnaires were issued but 222 were retrieved. Data collected was organized and analysed into tables and percentages. The analysis was done through Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 17.0. Pearson moment correlation coefficient was used to test the hypothesis formulated; decisions of significant relationships between variables were based on 5% (0.05). Expectancy theory of Victor H. Vroom was adopted because it has a direct link on the influence of promotion on performance. The findings revealed that level of commitment/performance of civil servants to work will increase when promoted. However, the benefits accruing from promotion is not paid as and when due, even arrears are not paid. The study also revealed that there is a strict adherence of the criteria for promotion. Furthermore, the research revealed that promotion remains a factor that enhances performance. The study therefore concludes that, promotion remains a yardstick for enhancing performance but if promotion is denied, it demoralizes that working sense of the civil servants. It is recommended among others that, there should be prompt payment of entitlements and other benefits to the workers especially when they are promoted as it will encourage them to greater performance.Item A Comparative Study of E-Government Evaluation of Nigeria and Singapore(Department of Local Government, Obafemi Awolowo university, Ile-Ife, 2019-06-12) Abdulkareem, A. K.; Bello, M. L.; Ishola, A. A.; Umar, A. Y.The implementation of e-government in Nigerian was made possible with the ICT revolution which started in the early 2000s. The objective was to place government services online to enable efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability. The Nigerian government has contributed significant investments in e-government in recent years; however, there has been inadequate substantive study into its evaluation. Therefore, the primary aim of this paper is to assess e-government condition in Nigeria with the aid of the United Nations e-government evaluation framework in contrast with the performance of the Republic of Singapore (2008 – 2016) which is a country that rose steadily in the e-government ranking to become one of the league leaders in e-government in the world at the moment. From the results generated, it can be deduced that Singapore has reached an advanced stage of e-government while Nigeria still lags behind. Significant gaps are evidenced in the Online Service Index and Telecommunication Infrastructure Index which is an indication that Nigeria must step up her ICT infrastructure most especially in the area of broadband. Also, create a sophisticated user friendly government websites to deliver seamless services to the people.