Monitoring Recruitment and Selection Practice: A Therapeutic Strategy for Quality Service Delivery in Nigeria Public Universities

Abstract

Nigerian public universities were established and managed by the government (Federal or State), to provide educational services as well as embark on research for the purpose of general development. Acquisition and management of relevant resources was sine qua non for the effective functioning of the institutions. The decreasing quality of performance in public universities is believed by certain individuals and groups to be the consequence of infrastructural decay, which the envisaged improvement in government funding and condition of service could possibly provide the solution. This paper uncovers the maxim that infrastructural renaissance and staff welfare, devoid of concomitant staff quality checks especially on the verge of recruitment and selection exercise would rather result in a fiasco. It was recommended among others that uniform recruitment and selection policies and procedures be formulated; also the implementation must be monitored by external agencies of government.