Similarities and Difference in the Nigerian Civil Service Reforms
Dr. (Mrs.) Igbokwe Philomena Ify

Abstract
The paper examined the various administrative reforms and identified the factors necessitating the reforms in Nigeria. It also examined the commonality and divergence in past and recent reforms; identified the factors affecting the implementation of reforms; and assessed the level of success in the implementation of administrative reforms in Nigeria. These were with a view to providing information on how the Nigerian society will avoid waste of resources and concentrate on well designed reforms. The results showed that twenty four administrative reforms such as the Hunt (1934); Elwood (1966); Udoji (1972); Obasanjo (1999); and the Jonathan (2011) reforms, to mention just a few, have been implemented in Nigeria-and were examined in this paper. The results also showed that socio-economic cum political factors such as the demand from workers for increased wages (95%) necessitated administrative reforms. Furthermore, the results showed that a significant relationship existed between past and recent administrative reforms in Nigeria (x2 = 25.66; P< 0.05)

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