Abstract
This study investigated lecturers’ perception of contributory pension scheme implementation and job commitment in South-South Nigerian universities. To guide the study, two research questions and one hypothesis were raised. A descriptive survey research that adopted correlational design. The population of the study was all the lecturers in the six federal universities in South-South Nigeria. The sample consisted of 579 lecturers in four selected universities established before the introduction of Contributory Pension Scheme. A multistage stratified random sampling was used in selecting the sample size of the study. Two research questionnaires were used for data collection, “Contributory pension scheme implementation Questionnaire (CPSIQ)’’ and “University Lecturers’ Job Commitment Questionnaire (ULJCQ)”. The reliability of the questionnaires were determined using Cronbach alpha statistics with values of 0.96 for CPSIQ and 0.83 for ULJCQ respectively. The data collected were collated and analyzed with Mean (x?) and standard deviation to answer the research questions while the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistic was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that the level of contributory pension scheme implementation as perceived by lecturers in South-South Nigerian Universities was low. It also revealed that the level of Job Commitment of University Lecturers in South-South Nigerian Universities was low; and that there was a significant relationship between Contributory Pension Implementation and Lecturers’ Job Commitment in South-South Nigerian Universities. The study therefore, recommended among others that government and university management should address the concerns of lecturers about the implementation of Contributory Pension Scheme in Nigerian Universities by ensuring prompt and regular remittance of deductions to lecturers’ Retirement Savings Accounts (RSA) so as to create confidence. Key words: Contributory Pension Scheme, implementation, job commitment.
Highlights
Pension scheme is designed to ensure that a periodic payment is granted to an employee for services rendered based on contractual legal enforceable agreement by an employer at the agreed time
The design was considered appropriate because the researcher would observe, describe and investigate the relationship between lecturer‟s perception of contributory pension scheme implementation and job commitment in Southsouth Nigerian universities
To answer research question 1, the indices of contributory pension scheme implementations was assessed on a 4point rating scale by the university lecturers
Summary
The design was considered appropriate because the researcher would observe, describe and investigate the relationship between lecturer‟s perception of contributory pension scheme implementation and job commitment in Southsouth Nigerian universities. The population of the study was all the 6465 lecturers with tenured appointment in the six (6) federal universities in South-South, Nigeria. A multistage stratified random sampling was used to select four (4) Federal Universities in Akwa Ibom State, Cross Rivers, Edo and Rivers States (University of Uyo, University of Calabar, University of Benin and University of Port Harcourt). The selected universities have a total of five thousand seven hundred and ninety two (5792) lecturers. A total of five hundred and seventy nine (579) representing ten percent (10%) of the lecturers were randomly selected and ensured that all categories of lecturers were included in the study sample
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