ABSTRACT
The importance of manpower development is more obvious given the
growing complexity of the work environment, the rapid change in
organizations and advancement in technology, among other things.
Development helps to ensure that organizational members posses the
knowledge and skills they need to perform their jobs effectively, take on
new responsibilities, and adapt to changing conditions.
Despite the
recognition of the importance of manpower development by management
experts and government as expressed in white papers on various reforms
in Nigeria, the experiences of manpower training and development in the
Nigeria public services has been more of ruse and waste. This paper
examines the experience of Nigerian public services on manpower
development with a view to understanding the problems being faced. It
makes appropriate recommendations on how to ameliorate the situation
