Tag: Civil service

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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[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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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#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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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“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…

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