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Abstract:
Public sector workers in Nigeria appear to have been dealt a raw deal in terms of the conditions in which they have to work and are still expected to perform maximally. The purposes of the research are the evaluation of the general work environment of the Nigerian worker and the determination of the extent to which it contributes to worker apathy and the dearth of productivity in the public sector. To do this, the methodology involved the use of both the primary and secondary data sources which entailed both participant observation and the use of documentations on related matters. It utilized the experiences of other developing nations at reorienting their workers and improving their output through innovative governance by implementing remedies derivable from and reflective of the characteristics of the work environments in their public sectors as a template for analyzing and developing remedies for the Nigerian case. These, alongside the tenets of good governance, formed the basis of the suggested remedies for adaptation to the Nigerian instance to ensure positive changes in the work environment and by extension, the optimal productivity of the workers

Keywords: public sector, workers environment, reforms, innovative governance

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