Promotion to directorate cadre in civil service subject to vacancy –FCSC

Promotion in the directorate cadre in the federal Civil service is no more automatic, it was learnt.

Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission, Deaconess Olatoyosi Ayo disclosed that promotion is subject to vacancy.

Ayo who stated this  while addressing 61 newly-promoted staff of the Federal Ministry of Health to directorate cadres, said the era where promotion is tied to success in examination was gone.

“I am standing here confidently among all of you and I  thank God, in the Federal Civil Service Commission, we have stopped the corrupt practices whereby people pay to pass promotion exam,” she stressed.

Explaining further she said: “You wrote the promotion exam and you scored 60 percent. We didn’t say you scored 60 percent and automatically you are promoted. If there is no vacancy and there is no way we can do it, there is nothing we can do. This is what happens in many establishments the world over.”

She further explained that world over, promotion is tied to vacancies, and that the Commission had delayed this year promotion examination because of absence of vacancies in the public service.

She appealed to the staff to be dedicated and be forthright in their service to fatherland.

In his remark,  Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr. Linus Awute, advised the employees not to relent in their quest for more knowledge and self-development; and that they should shun self-rejection.

He said:  “You people should read more books to develop themselves and subscribe for literature that would enhance their self-development.”

Speaking on the test that led to the promotion of the workers, Awute said civil servants should not shun examination, adding that it enhances promotion, hard work and discipline.

He further informed that experiences of the workers would prod them to work hard and also make others to emulate them.

Awute also charged the staff on the need to promote harmony in the sector. He urged them promote productivity and not perennial face-off between employees and government in the nation’s health sector.

Earlier, in his welcome address, Director, Human Resource, Danjuma Karau, said reception for the promoted staff was an occasion to appreciate those who had worked tirelessly and to celebrate their success, adding that it would be an impetus to junior staff in the ministry.