PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNIQUE AND THE PERFORMANCE OF NIGERIA POLICE IN IMO STATE COMMAND (2014-2024)

Abstract

This study examined procurement administrative techniques and the performance of the Nigeria Police in Imo State Command. The objective is to assess the capacity or ability of the human resources officers in Nigeria Police to occasion effective and efficient administration through recruitment, selection and placement administrative techniques to enhance the performance of the force. Survey research design was adopted for the study. Total sample size of three hundred and sixty nine (369) personnel, were randomly selected out of five thousand, five hundred and twenty one (5,529) personnel in Imo State Command. A questionnaire titled Procurement Administrative Technique Survey Questionnaire (PATSQ), structured in a likert format was administered for data collection and was complemented with interviews. The data collected was analyzed using frequency count, percentages and mean. The study was anchored on Structural Functional Theory.  The hypotheses were tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Statistics. It was found that poor recruitment, selection and placement administrative techniques had negative effect on the performance of the Nigeria Police in Imo State Command. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the police management team or personnel officers should adopt a well thought out favourable and effective recruitment, selection and placement strategies capable of enhancing the performance of the Nigeria Police in Imo State Command.