News: Federal Government Clarifies Recruitment by MDAs

The federal government has clarified that it has not placed any ban on the recruitment by ministries, department and agencies (MDAs), but has directed all MDAs to adhere strictly to due processes as is stipulated on Part iv Section 8 of the Public Service Guidelines for Appointments, Promotions and Discipline when conducting any recruitment or promotion exercises into the Federal Public Service.

In a statement by the assistant director of Media Relations for Head of Service of the Federation, Mohammed Manga, the process provides that all MDAs should forward their declarations to the Organisational Design and Development Department in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation that is responsible for Manpower Planning and Man Power Budgeting for onward passage to the Federal Civil Service Commission.

The Head of Service, Danladi Kifasi, who made the clarification in Abuja, yesterday, said that the directive became imperative because of the increase in the number of MDAs that declared vacancies both for fresh appointments and promotion and who sent these vacancies directly to the Federal Civil Service Commission without recourse to available resources in the budget.

He said that this has caused serious shortfalls in annual budget provisions for personnel cost, more especially with regards to meeting promotion and advancement obligations. Kifasi further said that the directive of government on MDAs to always declare vacancies for both recruitment and promotion into the Federal Public Service through the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation is necessary in order to ensure a synergy of operations in the service, adding that such vacancies declared must also be in conformity with the approved structure of all the MDAs.

On the issue of restrictions on foreign trainings and travels, he pointed out that the current economic downturn has called for the need to reduce the cost of governance through restricting such travels to the barest minimum.

Source: Leadership