Jide Ojo
After about seven years of implementation, President Muhammadu Buhari in June 2016 suspended the tenure policy in the Federal Civil Service. The directive was contained in a Monday, June 20, 2016 circular to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies signed by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita. The HoS, in the circular, said the directive was from President Buhari and asked all concerned to comply accordingly. Until the suspension, Permanent Secretaries were appointed to serve for a tenure of four years, subject to renewal, while directors were appointed to serve for eight years, except the mandatory 60 years retirement age or 35 years in service catches up with them.
The tenure policy was fixed in 2009 by the Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration. The then Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Oronsaye, had, in an August…
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