Section 318 (1) provides that civil service in Nigeria
means service of the federation in a
civil capacity as staff of the
government assigned with the responsibility for any business of the
government. Section
318 (1) interpretation section)
Public service means the service of the
federation or state in any capacity in
respect of the government.
Examples
of employees under civil service includes;
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Employees that are staffs of the president or governor,
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Employer
that are staffs of the
vice president or deputy governor
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Employees
that are staffs of a ministry or
department of the government in the
federal or state level.
Examples of
public service employees are as follows;
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Clerk or other staff of the national assembly
or of each house of the national assembly
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Member
of the staff of the various courts
of the state or federation
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Member
or staff or any commission or authority
established for the federation by this constitution or by an act of the
national assembly
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Staff of any educational institution
established by the government
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Staff or officers of the armed forces, Nigeria
police force or other government
security agencies public services
is a governmental body which
provides the public with essential
goods or services such as electric power
etc
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Civil
service covers the employees of
both the state and federal government ,
whose, service are not fund
generation or profit making oriented,
but totally depends on the government for its existence
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The
achievements of the civil services
are into measured in monetary
terms
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The
public service achievements are measured
in monetary terms
In civil
services, its employees are permanent staffs or officers of the
government, no matter the change of the political office holders
In
public service, the change of government can affect its employees and deny the of their employment
In
the public service the educational qualification for its employees is at least a degree in public administration,
to enable them acquire the necessary skills to serve in that capacity.
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In
the civil services, the are 4
services class, with its own
educational degree. They are as follows ;
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A.
ordinary service : they have “first school leaving certificate “ as their qualification
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Intermediate
service : they work with school leaving
certificate and must have competed a
vocational training
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Higher inermechate service : they work with university
entrance i.e. o level or a level
qualification
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Higher
service: here their educational
qualifications a university
degree
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Civil servant are usually accountable to the ministry the work under
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While
public service on the other hand, are directly accountable to the
government
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Civil
services is made up of employees who
are usually experts or
professionals in their fields
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On
the other hand, public services is based
on works that are executor in nature
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A
civil servant can work in a public services company but
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A
public servant cannot work under the civil
service sector
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Another
differentiating factor, si that while the civil servants are usually attached to the
government,
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The
public servants renders services to
the public directly
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In civil services, the
working hours of its employees are
stipulated and timed. The normal
work hour, is from 8.00am to 4.00pm
(Except overtime or for other special reasons)
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In
the public service, there is no time
specifications, rather the employees run shifts.
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In
civil service, during holidays
e.g public holidays, their employee are allowed the free day out of work,
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But in the public service, they do not
observe public holidays or any
other holiday because the nature of their
job requires them to constantly be at
their work posts for the welfare
of the public
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In
the civil service, at the probationary period between the time of employment and confirmation of employment which lasts for
2 years .
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In
public service the probationary period varies
from 6 months to 2 years .
In the
civil service their primary source of funds is the government. In some
course the civil services in discharging its obligations may realized
funds their from which their
account to the government. The
government appropriate this
funds and given a share
of it to the civil service by way of annual budget.
On
the other hand the public services obtains it revenue by way of tax system in other wards the government tax
masses obtained revenue from natural
resources which it uses in carrying out its functions
The civil service is headed by the director general. The director
general is directly accountable to the public while in the public services it is headed by
the governor at the state level and the president at the federal level
The
civil service is made up governmental
ministries and departments while public services is made up of
civil service and other agencies
corporations for instance M.N.P.C
The
public service compasses both civil servants and those working in parastatals,
agencies and corporation. The civil service is manned by civil servants while
the public service is manned by public servants
The
public service enjoy better working conditions of service than the civil servant in the civil service as revenue
accrued to it is unlimited unlike the civil service
The
civil service is controlled by the civil commission while the public service is
controlled by the board of directors
The
civil service commission controls the civil service by investigation either
upon complaint or upon its own motion
concerning any matter touching on the
administration of the civil service
system