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S.I.S Civic Education Class: Year 11 Topic: Public Service

Public service refers to services provided by the government that are intended to be available to all people, regardless of income. This includes services like the fire brigade. Public service also refers to the bodies and departments within the executive branch of government that are responsible for implementing government policies and programs. In Nigeria, examples of public services include the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and the Niger Delta Development Commission. Public services are characterized by state ownership, state control, accountability to the public, and autonomy in management. Public services are important because they provide employment, facilitate rural development through infrastructure projects, contribute to national income and capital formation, earn foreign exchange, promote social order, and generate government revenue through taxes and profits.

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S.I.S Civic Education Class: Year 11 Topic: Public Service

Public service refers to services provided by the government that are intended to be available to all people, regardless of income. This includes services like the fire brigade. Public service also refers to the bodies and departments within the executive branch of government that are responsible for implementing government policies and programs. In Nigeria, examples of public services include the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and the Niger Delta Development Commission. Public services are characterized by state ownership, state control, accountability to the public, and autonomy in management. Public services are important because they provide employment, facilitate rural development through infrastructure projects, contribute to national income and capital formation, earn foreign exchange, promote social order, and generate government revenue through taxes and profits.

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S.I.

S                                                                                     CIVIC EDUCATION
CLASS: YEAR 11 
TOPIC: PUBLIC SERVICE

A public service is a service which is provided by government to people living within its jurisdiction,
either directly (through the public sector) or by financing provision of services. The term is associated
with a social consensus (usually expressed through democratic elections) that certain services should be
available to all, regardless of income. Even where public services are neither publicly provided nor
publicly financed, for social and political reasons they are usually subject to regulation going beyond that
applying to most economic sectors. Public service is also a course that can be studied at a college and/or
university. Examples of public services are the fire brigade.

Public service is a body or a department in the executive arm of government responsible for the execution
of the policies and programmes of the government. The workers of public service are referred to civil
servants; they perform administrative function which entails formulation and implementation
of government policies.

Public Service in Nigeria include: Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), National Sugar
Development Council (NSDC), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)Nigeria Customs Service
(NCS), Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission
(NIPC), Nigerian Export – Import Bank (NEXIM Bank), Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Examination Council (NECO), National Open
University of Nigeria (NOUN)

Characteristics of Public Service

1. State Ownership:

The enterprise ownership has to be vested with the State. It could be in the nature of Central, State or
local government ownership or any instrumentality of the state too can have the ownership of public
enterprise.

2. State Control:

Public Enterprise is controlled by the Government both in its management and functioning.


The Government has the direct responsibility to manage the affairs of the enterprise through various
devices and exercises control over it by means of a number of agencies and techniques.

3. Public Accountability:

Public Enterprises owe accountability to people as they are funded through public money. This
accountability is realised through legislature and its committees, ministers, audit institutions and other
specialised agencies.
4. Autonomy:

Public Enterprises function with utmost autonomy under given situations. They are free from day-to-day
interference in their affairs and management.

5. Coverage:

The public enterprise traverses all areas and activities. There is hardly any field of activity, which is not
covered by the operations of public enterprises.

Importance of Public Service

1. Employment: – public sector provides employment to large number of people in the country. For
instance, the Nigeria Railways Corporation provide employment to many people.
2. Rural Development: – public sector units facilitate rural development. This is possible due to:
3. Infrastructure development, both economic and social infrastructure
ii.  Locating Projects in rural areas.
4. National Income: – public sector units contribute to the national income of the country. The
public sector has grown in size over the years both in terms of number of units as well as in
production.
5. Capital formation: -The public sector contributes to capital formation by mobilisation of savings
through public sector banks. The Central Bank of Nigeria, Bank of Industry etc., play an
important role in industrial investment and capital formation by providing medium terms and
long-term funds to industry and service sector.
6. Foreign Exchange Earnings: -The public sector enterprises have contributed to the export
earnings of the country. The public sector units export a number of products like engineering
goods, chemicals, minerals, metals, etc. they also export services.
7. Social Order: -The public sector units contribute to the social order b y providing employment to
a large number of people in the country. The employment generation reduces the possibility of
anti-social activities.
8. Government Revenue: -PSUs bring revenue to the Government. The revenue is in the form of:
a.       Direct Taxes
b.      Indirect Taxes
c.       Profits of PSUs
9. Infrastructure Development: -Public sector units play an important role in the development of
the infrastructure of the nations. The public sector has developed roadways, railways, airways,
power, and so on.

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