ANALYSIS OF JOB RETENTION SCHEMES AND COVID-19 LOCKDOWN: A FOCUS ON KADUNA STATE GOVERNMENT
Donatus Paul
Volume 9 Issue 2
Abstract
The paper investigates the efficiency of job retention strategies which were employed by Kaduna State Government to ensure that the employment contracts of its employees were not terminated during Covid-19 and beyond. The study employed a systematic search strategy to select relevant contents of existing relevant literature from hard and soft copy materials in academic journals, papers, book sections, research projects and internet materials. In addition, information was collected through interview with a number of key informants. The result revealed that work from home using different types of electronic devices was introduced, the Federal Government passed the Emergency Economic Stimulus Bill and gave intervention funds to states governments to reduce the financial burden they were forced to carry as a result of the lockdown; while each civil servants were forced to forfeit a quarter of their salaries for three months. Cash donations were also made by companies, development parties and individuals to the State Government to reduce the financial burden it was forced to carry in its efforts to curb with Covid-19. The study recommends that E- learning should be introduced in Kaduna State Government offices and its staff should be adequately trained and equipped with online training facilities. The government should make it a policy to save specific amounts of money at specific intervals of time to enable curb any event that might threaten jobs in the future. Keywords: Covid-19, Government, Job retention schemes, Kaduna state, Workers
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