FG Warns Marriage Registrars To Desist From Acts Of Indiscipline, Misconduct

The Federal Government has warned all Federal Marriage
Registrars, who to desist from acts of indiscipline and misconducts
or be ready to face disciplinary action.

The Director of Press, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Blessing
Lere-Adams, in a statement said the Permanent Secretary, Ministry
of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, gave made the statement when he
paid an on-the- spot assessment visit to the Jos Federal Marriage
Registry.

Belgore explained that the warning was against the backdrop of
an act of negligence of duties that happened at the Benin Federal
Marriage Registry recently.

“I will reiterate that anybody caught engaging in corruption,
absence from duty post, negligence to duties and such likes, will
be made to face serious disciplinary actions.

“You have to do your work, if you do well, you will be
handsomely rewarded,” he stressed.

He assured the Jos registry of the Federal Government’s
support.

Also speaking, the registrar in charge of the Jos registry,
Dawam Barbara, thanked Belgore and his team for the visit and
promised the commitment of officers to discharging their statutory
duties effectively and efficiently.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on June 4, the
federal government instituted immediate disciplinary action against
Mr Ozuruonye Chukuma, the Registrar of the Federal Marriage
Registry in Benin, for negligence and absence from duty.The
offence, the ministry said, constituted acts unbecoming of a public
officer in contravention of extant Public Service Rules.

NAN reports that Belgore, who is statutorily the Principal
Registrar of Marriages in Nigeria, said the decision was in line
with the ethics of the Civil Service which encouraged diligence and
discipline in public officers.

The permanent secretary has directed an immediate investigation
into the incident and ordered that Chukuma be relieved of his
duties as a Marriage Registrar at the Benin Federal Marriage
Registry and recalled to the Headquarters in Abuja immediately,
pending the conclusion of the investigation. (NAN)

The Federal Government has warned all Federal Marriage
Registrars, who to desist from acts of indiscipline and misconducts
or be ready to face disciplinary action.

The Director of Press, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Blessing
Lere-Adams, in a statement said the Permanent Secretary, Ministry
of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, gave made the statement when he
paid an on-the- spot assessment visit to the Jos Federal Marriage
Registry.

Belgore explained that the warning was against the backdrop of
an act of negligence of duties that happened at the Benin Federal
Marriage Registry recently.

“I will reiterate that anybody caught engaging in corruption,
absence from duty post, negligence to duties and such likes, will
be made to face serious disciplinary actions.

“You have to do your work, if you do well, you will be
handsomely rewarded,” he stressed.

He assured the Jos registry of the Federal Government’s
support.

Also speaking, the registrar in charge of the Jos registry,
Dawam Barbara, thanked Belgore and his team for the visit and
promised the commitment of officers to discharging their statutory
duties effectively and efficiently.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on June 4, the
federal government instituted immediate disciplinary action against
Mr Ozuruonye Chukuma, the Registrar of the Federal Marriage
Registry in Benin, for negligence and absence from duty.The
offence, the ministry said, constituted acts unbecoming of a public
officer in contravention of extant Public Service Rules.

NAN reports that Belgore, who is statutorily the Principal
Registrar of Marriages in Nigeria, said the decision was in line
with the ethics of the Civil Service which encouraged diligence and
discipline in public officers.

The permanent secretary has directed an immediate investigation
into the incident and ordered that Chukuma be relieved of his
duties as a Marriage Registrar at the Benin Federal Marriage
Registry and recalled to the Headquarters in Abuja immediately,
pending the conclusion of the investigation. (NAN)