According to World Bank, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a significant role in most economies, especially in emerging markets where 7 out of 10 jobs are created by SMEs. Records show that SMEs account for the highest number of businesses worldwide and are essential contributors to employment generation and global economic development. Universally, SMEs accounts for around 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment. In emerging economies, SMEs contribute up to 40% of GDP and it significantly increases when combined with informal SMEs. Furthermore, SMEs development is considered a high priority worldwide as World Bank estimates that by 2030 nearly 600 million jobs will be needed to absorb the rising workforce globally.Aigbe Omoregie, the Founder of Young CEO Initiative, enlightened that the role of MSMEs in Nigeria's economic development is worthy of appreciation because of the significant role MSMEs play in the development of a nation stretching from contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to employment creation, export and technology innovation. He further revealed that in 2013 MSMEs contribute 54% to Nigeria's GDP and 7.27% to export while in 2014 Nigeria Bureau of Statistics recorded that 59 million (84.02% of Nigeria's total labour force) Nigerians work in the MSMEs sector. Mr. Aigbe admitted that it would not have been possible without the efforts of favourable government policies and programs implemented to encourage youth entrepreneurship (Adekoya, 2018).The 2009-2010 banking system restructuring in Nigeria which led to increase in network of branches, gradually led banks to re-engage in financing activities in the private sector. Though the level of financing is insufficient as it represented less than 12% of GDP in 2013 as compared to the 50% average in other Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite accounting for the highest in terms of contribution to the Nigerian economy, many SMEs are often resort to informal funding or self-financing. SMEs Financial inclusion is still a major obstacle despite the added value they generate as well as the jobs created in Nigeria. It can be undeniably argued that the economy of Nigeria is not diversified enough to meet up with the challenges of its growing population and high rate of poverty. In 2012, with the goal of reducing the percentage of its citizens excluded from the financial system from 40% in 2012 to 20% by 2020, Nigeria implemented an aspiring public policy to stimulate financial inclusion. However, it was made known that a certain effort was made in 2017 by Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) when it disbursed the sum of N5b to 3 micro finance banks namely, LAPO Microfinance bank, Fortis Microfinance Bank, and NPF
1. Background of the Study Government establishments are quite complex as they involve many subsystems which ought to work in harmony as well as synchronization. The challenges of the dynamic nature of any environment in which municipal council exist and the speedily changing values of the variables affecting the system becomes obvious that government overseers ought to be well prepared to achieve a level of organizational success (Terver et al, 2015). Generally, in organizations especially government, the administrators are faced with managerial issues or challenges in the area of recruitment, performance management, reimbursement, career development and training, health and safety, motivation, compensation and benefits and administration amongst others. So, for organizations to be productive, it is vital for them to be able to encourage as well as maintain efficient and effective workers in order to boost productivity (Sunia, 2014). Therefore, this research is going to concentrate on the factors such as motivation that affects the organizational productivity especially in the government sector. Hellriegel and Slocum (1996),defined motivation as any form of encouragement that portray, direct, or maintain individual's goal directed behaviours. It is also an energetic force that influence an individual to act in a thorough way. The main purpose of each and every organization is to enhance productivity, thus causes of motivation play an important role in boosting employee job satisfaction. Employees are the pillar of any institution or organization, thus they are an essential part of the institute. Aluko, Ojeremi and Ajidagba, (2014), affirmed that an organization is just as good as the employee that runs it. This shows that when employees are motivated, there is a probability that their morale would be high which in turn performance and productivity levels would go high. As a result, to a large extent total organizational performance level will be increased. In order to achieve high levels of productivity in the government sector as well as boost organizational performance or productivity, administrators therefore need to regularly look for ways of making sure that their workers are comfortable. An institution that could not provide a conducive work atmosphere, compensate its employee adequately, create opportunity for adequate training and career advancement risk having a demoralized and demotivated staff. Therefore, this study focuses on exploring the factors affecting an organization's productivity in government sector in Kano municipal council in Nigeria. 1.1. Problem Statement James, (2014) stated that there are three cautionary signs of a demotivated or depressed employees and workforce and they are, poor workplace atmosphere, slipping job standards and decreased productivity. The same scholar affirmed that if any of the aforementioned factors is observed to be moving downwards, then there is high probability that
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