A Critical Overview of Employees’ attitude to Work and the Rising Spate of Insurgency in Anambra State

Abstract

The study examined the employees’ attitude to work against the rising spate of insurgency in Anambra state. The outburst of
uprising in the Southeast region of the country, particularly in Anambra state is worrisome. Almost on a daily basis, the state
records cases of arson on both government and private organizations, including the killing of employees and security operatives
to the extent that snuffing precious life out of innocent employees has also become a common thing. Related literatures to the
variables were reviewed including the adoption of survey research and with qualitative technique to analyze the secondary data
generated from journal articles, news papers and other online sources in order to achieve the objectives of the study. The study
adopted the structural-functionalist theory as the theoretical framework to guide the study. Amongst the findings, employees
in Anambra state have suffered grievous economic, social and political damages from the activities of the insurgents, with the
catastrophic collapse of economic, social and political structures, and processes if the insurgency continues unabated. Based
on this, the study concludes that several steps can be taken to provide employees who are victims of insurgency adequate
care to help them cope with the trauma that come with experiencing the blood-letting insurgency and set them on the path of
normalcy. Following this, the study recommends amongst others that employees who have suffered grievous economic, social
and political damages from the activities of the insurgents should be given all necessary assistance to overcome the physical
pains and psychological trauma they have suffered so as to resume work with positive attitude. Secondly, the government
should convene a national conference of all ethnic nationalities to proffer necessary solutions to insecurity in the country so as
to improve the current poor attitude to work amongst employees, particularly in Anambra State.