The House of Representatives has decided to look into promotion stagnation in the Federal Civil Service from 2013 to 2023.
The resolution was a sequel to a motion moved by Rep. Salman Idris, the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Agric Colleges and Institutions in Abuja.
He said that promotion remained the progression of civil servants as well as a motivational incentive for productivity.
Idris disclosed the incessant stagnation in promotions across Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government.
This, according to him, had resulted in loss of service delivery, decline in highly specialised skills, low levels of productivity and performance, employee unrest, corruption and dampened morale.
“The menace of promotion stagnation in the civil service calls for urgent attention and intervention of this hallowed chamber, if the policies and programmes of Government must be achieved.”
Civil service remained the engine room of government, adding that it required a holistic reform that could promote global best practices.
He added that the issues of promotions and recommendations as and when due should not be overlooked.
Idis said some civil servants who eventually get promoted and undergo mandatory examination as required by civil service rules were promoted notionally but not financially.
He added that every NDAs Ministry often makes provision for such recurrent expenditure in the yearly appropriation and that every promotion stagnation would have an effect on the career of the officer.
The rep included that every civil servant was expected to rise to the pinnacle of their career within 35 years in active service or by the retirement age of 60 years.
The House ruled that the committee on public sector and institutional reforms should investigate promotion stagnation in the Federal Civil Service from 2013 –2023.
They added that this is with a view to having a robust civil service at this critical stage of the nation’s development and report back to the House within 4 weeks.
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