Again, FG redeploys another 99 civil servants – TheNigerialawyer

The Federal Government has again redeployed 99 civil servants to
different Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

Their redeployment was contained in a circular from the Office
of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation dated August 23,
2019, a copy of which our correspondent sighted on Monday.

The circular, marked HCSF/CMO/EM/CPA/908/II/230, was addressed
to the Chief of Staff to the President, his deputy, the Chief
Justice of Nigeria, ministers and ministers of state; service
chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police; the chairman of the
Federal Civil Service Commission and all the permanent
secretaries.

The officers affected are those under the pool of the
OHCSOF.

They are on Salary Grade Levels 07 to 14.

The Director, Employee Mobility, M.S. Naibi, signed the circular
on behalf of the HOCSF, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita.

According to the circular, all handing and taking over processes
must be completed on or before Friday.

Naibi wrote, “All handing and taking over processes should be
completed on or before Friday, August 30, 2019. Any disregard of
this deployment shall be treated in accordance with provision of
PSR 030301(b).”

The aspect of the rule referred to, which is under Section 3
that focuses on misconduct, identifies refusal to proceed on
transfer or to accept posting as a form of misconduct.

The section further defined misconduct as a specific act of
wrongdoing or an improper behaviour which is inimical to the image
of the service and which can be investigated and proved.

According to the rule, such behaviours can lead to termination
of appointment and retirement.

Breakdown of the 99 affected officers shows that 19 of them are
on SGL 14; another 19 on SGL 13; 17 on SGL 12; another 17 on SGL
10; 12 on SGL 9; nine on SGL 8 and six on SGL 7.

Further analysis of the list shows that 84 of the 99 officers
were redeployed to fill vacancies in their new stations while 15
were posted out based on requests.

Some of the MDAs they were posted to include Power; Niger Delta
Affairs; Environment; Mines and Steel Development; Youth and
Sports; Information and Culture; and Foreign Affairs.

Others include Health; Communications; Labour and Employment;
Education; Women Affairs; Police Affairs; Petroleum Resources;
Defence; Trade and Investment; National Boundary Commission; and
the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria.

Recall that the government had earlier in the month redeployed
36 officials in the directorate level from SGL 15 to 17.

The top government officials, who were posted from different
MDAs to others, included 16 directors on SGL 17; nine deputy
directors (SGL 16); and assistant directors (SGL 15).

Their postings were contained in a circular marked
HCSF/CMO/002/S.1/T.3/II and dated August 6, 2019.

The circular was signed by the Director, Overseeing the Office
of the Permanent Secretary, Mrs A.I. Atta, on behalf of
Oyo-Ita.

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