ABSTRACT

 The purpose of the study was to appraise the impact of staff development in effective management of federal government parastals reference to NEPA, Enugu District.

 To guides this study, for research questions were formulated. A review of literature was done to expose the researcher to what has already been done to ensure solid conclusion for the study. A structural questionnaire was Development and administered by the researcher to 210(45 senior staff and 165 junior staffs) of NEPA, Enugu.

A likert- type-point scale were used in determining positive ie ( 2.50 and above) and negative-2.49 and below) responses. Mean and standard deviation were used in analyzing research question.

Based on the above, some of the major finding include: inadequate resources, problems of achieving the stated objectives, wrong schedule of work or duties and the serious impact of political will and leadership on staff welfare, and non-relationship of training and the job or return. 

As a result, it was recommended that constant supply of resources to ensure the achievement of objectives, proper assignment of job, after training and there should be a very powerful political will provision of staff welfare provision of motivational facilities. 

CHAPTER ONE

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Tuoyo (1982) pointed out the electricity occupies a strategic position in the social and industrial development or any country and in indeed any company n industrial age, .he further affirmed that without electricity, economic and industrial activities might be paralyzed. The National electricity corporation of Nigeria and the Niger Dams Authority development and allocation in Nigeria. NEPA there fore, constitutes for the purpose of developing the vast Nigeria for the purpose of development the vast Nigeria  primary electricity resources as consumers.

The demand for electricity supply is rated higher than the supply provided by NEPA. This has led to, the irregular supply of electricity provided by NEPA in Nigeria especially at Enugu district.. The significance of electricity is such better appreciated, when one realizes that all-manufacturing processes on whatever scale requires electric current. In fact, it can it be stated that in most cases, other sectors of the economy rely on the available of the electricity for its existence t and surval. NEPA was therefore, established to operate with a focus on social, economic and political objective which are expected to be met simultaneously. A critical examination of those objectives shows that there are conflicts in their simultaneous fulfillment. For example, resource mobilization ad revenue generation objectives are pure economic goals, which focus focus on equity principle a purely social goal. The combination and pursuance of these goals with spurious harmonization and sometime stifling ministerial comfort especially on pricing investment and administration decision create serious management, operational and organizational problem. These problems have reflected in the poor financial returns to investment in NEPA and also quality of institutional performance in terms of electricity supply distribution.