Niger State Civil Servants have been barred from wearing native attire, popularly known as kaftans and Babanriga to offices, from Monday to Thursday. The Governor of the state, Umar Bago gave the order during the presentation of land development and preparation equipment at the Brains and Hammers...
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Some federal workers have urged the Federal Government to speedily repair the refineries in the country to mitigate the high cost of living following the removal of fuel subsidy. In a survey conducted among some federal workers in Ondo, Ekiti and Osun states by the News Agency of...
Oyo State government has commenced the issuance of promotion letters to 2,166 eligible civil servants who were promoted in 2021, an official said on Wednesday in Ibadan. The Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Kamoru Aderibigbe, indicated in a statement that the beneficiaries have been receiving the promotion...
The Federal Government says it has concluded the verification of 69,854 core civil servants receiving salaries under the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja, during a news conference, to...
Civil servants in Oyo State on Tuesday identified the exorbitant prices of rams and the high cost of fuel as impediments to the way they would have celebrated the Eid-el-Kabir. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan, the civil servants from the state and federal ministries...
The Kano State Government has ordered the suspension of salaries of 10,000 workers employed by former governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s administration, pending investigations. Mr Abdulkadir Abdulsalam., The Accountant General of the state, made this known to newsmen in Kano on Monday. Abdulsalam said the affected staff were employed at...
By ERDOO AVAAN, Makurdi – The Story: Benue civil servants are currently in wild jubilation as the first bank alerts have hit their phones in 7 months The full gist: True to his promise during electioneering campaigns, Governor Hyacinth Alia has put smiles on the faces of Benue workers,...
Civil servants in Ebonyi State have appealed to the leadership of the organised labour to dialogue with the Federal Government in resolving the dispute arising from petrol subsidy removal. A cross-section of the workers, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that dialogue...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Monday directed the State Civil Service Commission to immediately issue promotion letters to 4,000 eligible civil servants who were recently promoted in the state. Wike gave the directive during the workers day celebration in Port Harcourt, assuring that the entire promotion exercise of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The President, Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Dr. Smart Olugbeko says the union has received with mixed feelings the increase of 40% in the salary of civil servants. Dr. Olugbeko made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday. He said: “The union...
Some civil servants in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have commended the Federal Government over the payment of the 40 per cent peculiar allowance together with the April salary. Some of them who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, described the payment as...
A chieftain of Labour Party (LP) Chief Mike Nwankwo says housing needs of Nigerians especially the civil servants will be given priority if Peter Obi wins the Feb.25 presidential election. Nwankwo, a Director, Administration in the Peter Obi/Datti Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council, made the disclosure in an interview with...
Gov. Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has debunked the rumour making the rounds that he intends to sack some workers if elected into office for a second term. Gov. AbdulRasaq debunked the rumor at an interactive session with civil servants in the state as part of activities to mark the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has approved 14-day paternity leave for serving male officers whose spouse delivers a baby. Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan, in a circular said the leave will take effect from November 25, 2022. She said the leave is...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has said the state government will commence payment of outstanding arrears of promotional benefits to state civil servants by the end of January 2023 The governor revealed this during the swearing in ceremony of the new Chairman and board...
Mrs Ibiene Roberts, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, says the Federal Government is working to digitise public service before the end of first quarter of 2023. Roberts stated this when she formally presented the Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) to the Minister, Sen. George Akume, on...
The Plateau Government says it will partner with a private finance firm, United Capital, to clear the backlog of about N18 billion of gratuities, death benefits and arrears of pension of its erstwhile civil servants. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Dan Manja, disclosed this at a media...
….Wage bills of 66,460 ministries’ staff hit N924bn The Federal Government would not encourage premature retirements of Civil Servants, as being insinuated in some quarters, PRNigeria learnt. It is recently reported that Nigerian Governors, under the auspices of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), at a meeting with President Muhammadu...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government through the office of the Head of Service, Barrister Simon Malgwi on Tuesday embarked on a 2-Day training for top civil servants comprising of the ministerial secretaries and directors to acquire new skills on how to improve their productivity for effective...