AN EVALUATION OF PUBLIC POLICY ON HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: (A CASE STUDY OF ABUJA ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY (AEDC), LAFIA, NASARAWA STATE

The emphasis of this study has been the impact of public policy on human resources development in Nigeria with specific focus on Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Lafia-Nasarawa State. Most organizations do not have plans for the development their members of staff. Once those people are recruited, the companies do not orientate them, neither do they train them to acquire other modern skills or improve upon their talents and educational qualifications. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the extent to at which effective human resources development can enhance productivity and to determine the efficiency of human resources training and development in organizational growth among others. Questionnaire based on the research was adopted for the study and data collected were analyzed with aid of simple percentage. Arising from the discoveries and findings highlighted in the discourse, the study conclude that public policy is a dynamic process that is charactérized by a course or pattern of activities carried out with the aim of achieving predetermined objective. It has been established beyond doubt that the greatest asset of any organization is its human resources that ensures the achievement of the organizational goals and objectives. Finally, the proffer recommendations on how problems identified could be ameliorated that; there should be a very strong connecting link between the elites who are the policy makers and the mass public. If this is done, it will reduce the tendency of imposed policies from the top, human resources development function as a core human resources management function and should be competently handled by experts in the field. of human resources management and respective head of departments in the organization among others.