Benue State University, Makurdi

HERZBERG’S DUAL FACTOR MOTIVATION THEORY AND GENDER DIMENSIONS OF TEACHER’S JOB SATISFACTION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA

Grace Barinaada Ibaba and Jonathan Oghenekohwo

Abstract

North-east geopolitical zone of Nigeria consists of six states, including Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe State with over 200 ethnic groups spread across the states of the region, the zone is one of the most culturally diverse regions of the country. The region can be tentatively clustered into three distinct but interpenetrating socio-cultural clusters; the Kanuri, the Hausa-Fulani Muslims, and the ethnic minority Christian cluster. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, this paper discovered that the political culture of the North-east is predominantly religion and ethnicity. The paper also discovered that, this culture of ethnicity and religion has influenced greatly the political behaviour of the people in the region whereby the violence and apathy experienced in the 2011, 2015 and 2019 Presidential elections in the region were caused by these twin culture of ethnicity and religion. Therefore, the paper recommends among others that; political culture of ethnicity and religion in the region should be abolished to accommodate competency and merit. Rather than voting for political candidates on the basis of their religion and ethnic group, people should be elected base on the issues and policies they represent and can deliver because everyone is always a victim of bad governance irrespective of one’s religion or ethnic identity. Also, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and other democratic architectures must exhibit transparency, openness and honesty in the conduct of elections so as to inspire confidence in the people towards participation. The electorates should also note that, participation is obligatory even in the midst of threat and provocations.

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