Civil service

November 30, 2017

Maina was never reinstated into the civil service – Oyo-Ita

Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita has said wanted former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms (PTFP), Abdulrasheed Maina was never reinstated into the Civil Service. Oyo-Ita said this on Thursday during a hearing of the house of representatives ad hoc committee probing Maina’s reinstatement. What happened: The alleged reinstatement of Maina into the Civil... Read More

Abdulrasheed Maina, Civil service, reinstate, Winifred Oyo-Ita

November 6, 2017

I am not aware if Buhari ordered Maina’s reinstatement – Femi Adesina

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said he does not know if President Muhammadu Buhari was involved in the reinstatement of former pension boss, Abdulrashed Maina. Maina, who was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was discovered to have been reinstated into the civil service. In a... Read More

Abdulrasheed Maina, Civil service, Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari, reinstatement

October 28, 2017

Farooq Kperogi: How about the Other “Mainas” in Buhari’s Government?

by Farooq Kperogi President Muhammadu Buhari is infamously impervious to, and even contemptuous of, public opinion. That’s why his order to fire Abdulrasheed Maina who was surreptitiously reinstated into the civil service and promoted to the next level in spite of weighty allegations of corruption against him was both refreshing and pleasantly surprising. Of course,... Read More

Abdulrasheed Maina, Buhari, Civil service, corruption, Farooq Kperogi, nigeria

October 23, 2017

YNaija Says: Buhari sacking Maina is medicine after death

On Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the disengagement of the former chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, from the civil service. Buhari’s order followed Maina’s recall to the Ministry of Interior and promotion last week by the Head of Service of the Federation. The Nigeria Police Force and the Economic and... Read More

Thinking Through

Abdulrasheed Maina, Civil service, President Muhammadu Buhari, sack

Lagos

[The Alausa Blog]: 41 Lagos employees bow out of Public Service

Forty-One (41) employees of the Lagos State Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, Thursday gloriously bowed out of the Civil Service in a colorful ceremony having served the State meritoriously for 35years. The event, which took place at Alausa Ikeja, was to celebrate outgoing staff and also encourage those still in service to continue... Read More

The Alausa Blog

alausa, Civil service, lagos state, public affairs, public service

January 26, 2017

Dr Joe Abah: Africa’s problem is planning, not implementation

by Dr. Joe Abah Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure” [Confucius] Everywhere you go in Africa, you are likely to hear people say “Our problem is not planning, but implementation.” People regale you with various examples of “beautiful plans” that were “technically perfect” but... Read More

Civil service, Joe Abah, nigeria, opinion, Planning and Implementation

January 15, 2017

We have your receipts: Governor Fayose what do you have to say now?

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, the Critic-in-Chief of all constituted authority except Governor Wike now has a dead civil servant to account for. Earlier today, we learnt that Tope Afolayan, a civil servant in Ekiti State committed suicide. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Alberto Adeyemi, has also confirmed the incident. Afolayan worked in... Read More

Cover Stories, Thinking Through

Civil service, Ekiti, Fayose, suicide over salaries, We have your Receipts

December 20, 2016

Joel Ighosa Ighalo: The public servants who do not care [NEXT]

by Joel Ighosa Ighalo I’ve always wanted to talk about the nonchalance of public service workers, what you may call their “I don’t Care Attitude.” I have also come to realise that I would be doing grave injustice and subjectivity to the topic if I fail to consider the arrears of remuneration owed to these people... Read More

attitude, Civil service, Government workers, governors, nigeria, pensioners

November 29, 2016

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce is making sense again

Senator Benedict Murray-Bruce is everyone’s favourite legislator who just wants to make common sense. No he’s not? Okay then. Senator Ben Murray-Bruce currently represents the Bayelsa-East local government of Bayelsa State in the Senate and he regularly does this thing he calls “making sense”. While this post is hardly about the merit (or lack thereof... Read More

Civil service, Doctors pay, Jumbo Pay, life, national assembly, salaries, Senator Murray-Bruce, sticky

November 21, 2016

Opinion: Governor Ugwuanyi and Enugu workers

by Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye Enugu State Governor, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has enjoyed a rather impressive portrayal in the media since he assumed office. I have seen several articles parroting his “marvelous achievements” and some of the articles have even found their way to my email box for publication on my blog – which I published even... Read More

Civil service, enugu, Enugu State, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, nigeria, Politics, President Muhammadu Buhari

October 31, 2016

Cheta Nwanze: Work incentives

by Cheta Nwanze During my recent waka, I got to a civil service establishment in a South-South state to administer my questionnaire. Now you see, a letter had been sent ahead of time to the Oga of the place that we were coming, and I was armed with the acknowledged copy, so I went with... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Civil service, laziness, nigeria, opinion, Work ethic

October 22, 2016

Eye on Ambode: Woman gets instant employment, Lagos students get bursary award and more

We’re back with the Eye on Ambode series and as usual, we will be taking you through some of the activities of Lagos state Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in the past week. On Wednesday, Governor Ambode was at a town hall meeting where he granted a woman, Mrs Olubunmi Alabi her request for employment in the... Read More

The Alausa Blog

Civil service, Commissioners, Governor Ambode, lagos state

October 12, 2016

Nigerian Customs: There’s so much hypocrisy at our borders

Baba Oni Gas (@manmustwack) has obviously had it up to here with the Nigerian Customs. He poured his heart out about the double standards that exist within the organisation and how it affects us all. Do see below: https://twitter.com/manmustwack/status/786246289826676736 https://twitter.com/manmustwack/status/786246617015787520 https://twitter.com/manmustwack/status/786246821471543296 https://twitter.com/manmustwack/status/786247085511368705 https://twitter.com/manmustwack/status/786247085511368705 https://twitter.com/manmustwack/status/786247282119307264 https://twitter.com/manmustwack/status/786247477359964161 https://twitter.com/manmustwack/status/786247743056515072 https://twitter.com/manmustwack/status/786248164013637632 How unfortunate.

boNigeria, border patrol, Buhari, cars, Civil service, Nigerian customs, rice

Civil servants will enjoy working for government – Ngige

The Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has assured Federal Civil Servants that Staff welfare and improved conditions of Service will continue to be paramount to the present Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. “Since civil service is the engine room of policy formulation and implementation, government is therefore poised to ensure pleasant... Read More

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Ambode inaugurates new permanent secretaries (PHOTOS)

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday inaugurated new permanent secretaries into the state civil service. During the inauguration which held at the Lagos House, Ambode in his address said, “We have left no one in doubt about our strong belief in the capacity of the Public Servants of our State as the engine for... Read More

Civil service, Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, inauguration, lagos state, permanent secretaries, photos

Opinion: Labour unions and economic reforms in Nigeria

The history of labour unions in Nigeria dates back to 1912 when the Nigeria Civil Service Union, NCSU, was formed. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC was however formally constituted in 1978 to continually promote, defend and advance the economic, political and social well-being of Nigerian worker and ever since, they have played a prominent role... Read More

Civil service, economic reform, Labour, labour unions, nigeria, nlc, oil revenue

Doyin Okupe says Governors must sack workers they can’t afford to pay

Doyin Okupe has given the most unexpected advice to state governors who cannot afford to pay workers’ salaries. The former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan implored the governors to cut down their workforce instead of begging for bailout funds from the Federal Government to pay their workers. In a statement personally signed by... Read More

Featured, The News Blog

Civil service, Doyin Okupe, economy, labor, state, workforce

February 14, 2016

#HistoryClass with Cheta Nwanze: What really, is Murtala Mohammed’s legacy?

“Also with immediate effect, all the present Military Governors, and the Administrator of East Central State, have been relieved of their appointments and retired.” – Murtala Mohammed This is not a #HistoryClass to whitewash the legacy of Murtala Mohammed. Neither is it one to spit on his grave. Today’s #HistoryClass, is simply meant to put... Read More

Cheta Nwanze, Civil service, history, legacy, Murtala Mohammed

January 5, 2016

Ebonyi state workers to get January salary in a few days

In keeping with his promise to accord priority to the welfare of workers, the Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, has assured workers that their January salaries would be paid on the 15th. Umahi gave the assurance in his country home, Uburu when the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress... Read More

Civil service, Ebonyi State, salary

September 8, 2015

Buhari says civil servants are corrupt and inefficient

President Muhammadu Buhari has described Nigeria’s civil service, as being corrupt and inefficient. Buhari stated this on Monday in Abuja at the inauguration of capacity building programmes for public servants, tagged “Structured Mandatory Assessment-based Training Programme and Leadership Enhancement and Development Programme”. The President, who was represented by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said that if... Read More

Civil service, president buhari, VP Osinbajo

October 30, 2013

Opinion: Nigeria’s civil service and silos of corruption

by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju In our public service, certain species of corruption have gone mainstream and have become normalized, no where is the evolution of smaller evils into bigger evils more evident than in Nigeria. Examples are civil servants who do very little to earn the salaries they are being paid. The Nigerian public service is... Read More

Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú, Civil service, corruption, NCAA, nigeria, stella oduah

August 19, 2013

No jeans, no T-shirts, no more: Benue workers get dress code

by ‘Jola Sotubo In a new development in the Nigerian civil service, employees of the Benue State government are now expected to adhere to a dress code. The move is an effort to ensure that civil servants are dressed decently and responsibly during office hours to reflect the State civil service in a good light.... Read More

benue state, Civil service, Dress Code

August 14, 2013

Opinion: Fashola and the hypocrisy of Ndigbo

by C. Don Adinuba A man who introduced himself as a professor from Nnewi called me on the phone on Thursday morning to assert with so much authority that “only Anambra indigenes are being targeted for expulsion from Lagos because all Nigerians know that Anambra is the leader of the Igbo nation”. The Abia State... Read More

Abia Sate, activists, c. don. Adinuba, Civil service, Deportation, hypocrisy, igbos, lagos state, Ndigbo, peter obi, Raji Fashola

February 24, 2013

Tunde Fagbenle: We’ve got a long way to go!

by Tunde Fagbenle All over the place, both in public and private offices, the attitude to work is so sickeningly casual and lackadaisical. We have lost it. I had an experience last weekend that troubled my mind and got me really thinking about the enormity of the challenges facing us as a nation and as... Read More

Civil service, nigeria, private sector, public sector, tunde fagbenle

February 7, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: Public service in private interest

by Olusegun Adeniyi The public service is the engine for any government and that explains why in most countries, it is peopled by the brightest and the best. But for many years in Nigeria, there have been serious concerns about the quality and integrity of our public service. The Adamu Fika-led Presidential Committee on... Read More

BPE, BPP, Civil service, public service, RMAFC, Steve Oronsaye

December 7, 2012

Opinion: This is what Sanusi should have said…

by Ayo Olukotun Lamido Sanusi, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, is noticeably extroverted and loquacious. A public intellectual, the hell-raising technocrat would have been in his element in a university department of economics or a right-wing policy research centre where his managerialist and neoliberalist perspectives on the economy would have had... Read More

Civil service, corportae re-invention, downsizing, sanusi

December 6, 2012

Opinion: Just before we crucify Sanusi…

by Simeon Christian Chukwu Barely a few hours after the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Lamido Sanusi, made his unpopular economic proposition at the just-concluded Annual Capital Market Retreat held in Warri, Delta State, Nigerians were befuddled and began their usual emotional dissection of issues often proposed by the leaders. Sanusi argued that having the... Read More

central bank, Civil service, Reform, sanusi

December 4, 2012

That sh-t’s expensive: Civil service commission renovates 26 toilets with N28million

The Senate, yesterday, described as ridiculous a total sum of N28 million spent this year by the Federal Civil Service Commission, FCSC, to renovate 26 toilets facilities. The Senator Aloysius Etok, PDP, Akwa Ibom North-West-led Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service was also told that N18 million was expended to renovate the commission’s offices... Read More

Civil service, senate, toilet

December 4, 2012

That sh-t’s expensive: Civil service commission renovates 26 toilets with N28million

The Senate, yesterday, described as ridiculous a total sum of N28 million spent this year by the Federal Civil Service Commission, FCSC, to renovate 26 toilets facilities. The Senator Aloysius Etok, PDP, Akwa Ibom North-West-led Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service was also told that N18 million was expended to renovate the commission’s offices... Read More

Civil service, senate, toilet

November 28, 2012

“Stop irresponsible spending” – Sanusi tells FG to sack 50 per cent of civil servants, remove fuel subsidy

by Isi Esene Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday called on the Federal Government to slash 50 per cent of the entire civil service workforce. He lamented that 70 per cent of the nation’s earnings go to the payment of salaries and entitlements of civil servants. Sanusi said this... Read More

Capital Market Committee, CBN, central bank of Nigeria, Civil service, Delta, Emmanuel Uduaghan, recurrent expenditure, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, SLS, Warri

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