FG Orders NIMASA Staff Audit

The Head of Public Relations of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA), Hajia Lami Tumaka, has revealed that the Federal Ministry of Transport has begun a review of recruitment placements and promotions that were undertaken by NIMASA since 2010.
She said in a statement obtained by our correspondent in Port Harcourt, yesterday that a committee has already been set up to implement the review and is being headed by the Ministry’s Director of Human Resources, Mr Lawal Ibrahim.
The committee, according to her, is expected to determine whether employment, placements and promotions in the agency beginning from 2010 to date conformed to civil service procedures and were also in line with the federal character principle.
The Acting Director General of NIMASA, Mr Haruna Jauro, said the main objective of the exercise was to ensure proper staff placement in line with extant Federal civil service regulations.
“The exercise will aid the process of motivating employees of the agency and get the best out of them in the discharge of their duties.
“In the end, the interest of the staff will be protected as the civil service rule which emphasis fairness and equity will be the guiding principle of the exercise,” he said.
According to him, after the exercise, employee morale would be boosted for enhanced productivity.
He however, commended the ministry for its commitment to employee welfare and pledged the support of NIMASA to it.