ABSTRACT
Most Nigerian public corporations/parastatals have been accused of
negative attitudes to work and producing below capacity. These ugly
situations have affected their productivity. Consequently, it has resulted in
the repeated calls for their privatization and commercialization. The
Federal Capital Territory-Agency For Mass Education is one of these
parastatals bedevilled with such problems.
While the workers are exonerating themselves from the allegations of
productivity and responsibility for the declining profit, they attribute these
problems to poor and inadequate motivation.
In order to find out the causes of these problems, questionnaire is
administered to the workers of the FCT-AME. The questionnaire is
analysed with the help of percentages and statistical chi-square (X2) .
It i s discovered that negative attitudes to work and low productivity are
caused mainly by improper motivation. The management is therefore
advised to increase workers salary, initiate other motivational packages;
certificate of merit, cash award for obedience to distinguished staffs,
promotion that is not based wholly on seniority but hard work. There is
also need for fairness, justice and breach of the communication gap
between the management and employees through the encouragement of
friendly interpersonal relationship.
