Representative Bureaucracy and Bureaucratic Practice in Nigeria Civil Service

Abstract

It is no doubt vital in any heterogeneous society to identify a lasting principle that is all inclusive to eliminate or reduce envy or bigotry to the barest minimum. There is also no doubt that, it is in the quest to secure a national integration build on sustainable development that the idea of representative bureaucracy was introduced in the Nigeria civil service system in form of federal character principle. This study, hence, attempt to explore the degree to which, it’s been practiced with empirical data generated from the secondary source. Specifically, it attempts to ascertain if there is a relationship between the principles of representative bureaucracy and the civil service configuration in Nigeria public institutions. The study employed the qualitative method of data collection and analysis with trend research design and the Marxist class theory as its framework of analysis and reveal that the composition of civil service personnel contradicts its basic principles and representative philosophy. It therefore, recommends that the less regional preference is pursued in favor of general representation, in employment process into federal civil service the greater the social cohesion and sustainable development in the Nigeria.