FG Promotes 1,780 Civil Servants

About 1,780 senior civil servants have been promoted in the federal civil service under the 2018 Directorate Level promotion exercise.
The Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), the agency responsible for recruiting and promoting federal workers, approved the promotion of the senior officers from Salary Grade Levels 14 to 15, 15 to 16 and 16 to 17, with effect from January 1, 2018.
The promotion examination which held July 2018 was conducted for both professional and administrative cadres in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for them to be promoted to the next level
The delay of the promotion examination result had generated controversies among top civil servants. Most of them said the delay was stagnating the career progression of the affected top civil servants’.
According to details of the promotion exclusively obtained which was signed by the chairman of the FCSC, Tukur Ingawa, 327 of the promoted civil servants are in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
Out of the 327 in the Office, 76 were moved to Salary Grade Level 17. 70 of them are administrative officers, three are librarians and two are programme analysts and one a statistician.
Also, 135 civil servants from the Office were promoted to salary grade level 16. Out of the 135, 121 are administrative officers, seven are librarians, four statisticians and one a computer engineer.
In the same office, 116 civil servants were promoted to salary grade level 15. Out of the 116, 106 are administrative officers, five are programme analysts, four librarians and one computer engineer.