ABSTRACT

The study investigated on the effect of 2010 civil service reforms on the

performance ofpublic office holders in Nigeria. The objectives of the study are;

to examine the duty of trust placed on the public officers in Nigeria since 2010

Civil service reforms, to examine the extent to which these officers render their

stewardship to the citizenry since 2010 Civil service reforms and to examine

the effect of legal framework for the performance, policies and Monitoring of

public accountability in Nigeria since 2010 civil service reforms. To achieve

the objectives of the study, survey research design method was adopted. The

researcher adopted primary data in getting the required information. The

population of the study is made up of 158 respondents while the sample size is

made up of 113 after adopting Taro Yamane formula. However, a total 113

questionnaire was administered to the respondents. In testing the hypotheses,

analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used. The findings revealed that Public

officers have not lived up to expectation of trust placed on them by 2010 civil

service reforms. The findings further revealed that Public officers render their

stewardship to their citizenry as stipulated in 2010 civil service reforms. The

researcher recommends that Public officers should endeavor to maintain the

trust placed on them by civil service reforms. That would help in enhancing the

performance of public accountability in Nigeria. The researcher further

recommends that government should time to time monitor the activities of civil

servants to ensure they are working towards the achievement of sets goals and

objectives of 2010 civil service reforms.