Nigeria’s Federal Government (FG) has taken steps to reposition the civil service with a 2-day senior leaders service programme. The event is aimed for all Federal Permanent Secretaries and Permanent Secretaries-Designate. The program will be spearheaded by the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, London, UK. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Federal … Read more
Jonathan has explained why there is corruption in the Civil Service. EKO HOT BLOG reports that according to former President Goodluck Jonathan, some people turn to corruptible behaviors in the Civil Service because no social system suits their demands. The former leader noted this on Tuesday while delivering a speech at the book launch of … Read more
By Ebunlomo Taiyese Okuwa The civil service refers to a sector of government that comprises workers that are employed on professional merit rather than appointment or election, with tenure that exceeds transitions of political leadership. Since Nigeria’s independence, the civil service has continued to be the largest workforce, serving as the engine room of government … Read more
Lagos, like many cosmopolitan cities in the world, has always been facing myriad of challenges and the sources of these challenges are multidimensional: the challenge of coping with ever-increasing population as a consequence of urban migration, environmental and health issues, traffic management, security, et cetera. These challenges call for solutions and require cooperation on a … Read more
It is widely acknowledged that human beings are one of the most important resources for development. As precious as they are, they require a tremendous amount of nurturing, development and motivation in order to elicit the best from them. It, therefore, follows that their productivity depends largely on how well they are trained, empowered and … Read more
The Chairman, Ogun State Civil Service Commission, Engr. Tokunbo Odebunmi has said that the State government would maintain equity and fairness as the oral promotion interview across all Ministries, Department, and Agencies (MDAs) in the State continues. Engr. Odebunmi, gave this assurance while monitoring the exercise at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in … Read more
The Lagos State Government, on Friday, honoured 861 Civil Servants with Long Service Merit Awards. In his address at the event held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa, Ikeja, the Head of Service, Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola urged Public Servants in the State to keep up their positive attitude to work and diligently carry out their … Read more
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved that re-sit examination be conducted for 23 directors in the federal civil service with a view to appointing four among them as permanent secretaries. The directors are among those who took part in the last exercise that led to the emergence of 12 permanent secretaries on … Read more
After receiving the final report of the Technical Committee for the Evaluation of Civil Service, Ahmadu Fintiri has ordered the immediate sack of all permanent secretaries not on level 17 before appointment. The Adamawa State Governor, who cited the procedure for Permanent Secretaries, pegging the qualification at Grade Level 17, hinted that his administration will … Read more