GARUBA, A. B., Ph.D.

UABOR E.| OKE, I.

Abstract

he issue of public or government employees using office time for personal purposes has become common practices in public organizations’ settings. The aim of this paper is to provide a thorough understanding of the phenomenon of private practice in public time in the context of public service in developing countries, with focus on Nigeria. This is with a view to ensuring an efficient and effective public service to help translate government policies to meaningful actions for the benefits of the citizens in the country. The specific objectives were to conceptually assess forms of private practice in public time, prevalence of private practice in public time, drivers of private practice in public time, consequences of private practice in public and curbing private practice in public time. A theoretical approach is employed in the exploration of the subject through library type of research. Assessment of various studies showed some divergence and indicated that public service employees’ indulgence in private practice in public time is growing daily and could have implications for both employees and public organizations. The study recommends the need to increase wages in the public service to encourage workers to be dedicated to duty in order to discourage them from private practice in public time. On the other hand, there should be a development of the informal sector to accommodate other individuals in order to reduce dependence on the public sector employment which is fundamental in developing countries like Nigeria.

   

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Published: 2025

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