This was contained in a circular signed by Dr. Abdul Sule Usman Garba, Permanent Secretary, Service Welfare Office.

According to the circular, the restriction will be in effect from Friday, March 27 to Saturday, March 28, 2026, to facilitate activities at Eagle Square, the venue for the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the period.

As part of the measures, all personnel working within the affected phases of the Federal Secretariat Complex, as well as those at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have been directed to work remotely on Friday, March 27.

Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) have been instructed to communicate the directive to their staff and ensure full compliance.

The directive is aimed at ensuring smooth traffic management and maintaining security in the Federal Capital Territory during the high-profile political event.

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The statement reads: “the records of 59,201 Civil Servants, who participated fully in the verification exercise and had no discrepancies in their records were forwarded to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation for continuous payment of their salaries. However, salaries of 11,447 officers, whose records were not verified, were suspended.

On account of the suspension, the verification portal was reopened for these officers to enable them update their records online. Thereafter, they were invited for verification exercise from 16th – 27th October, 2023. A total number of 10,761 officers participated in the physical verification exercise. After the verification exercise, the review of verified records was carried out, in phases, to ensure that only credible records were on the IPPIS platform.

The names of officers with cleared records were sent to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation immediately they were cleared as follows:
i. September, 2023 ​​​-​ 818 officers,
ii. October, 2023 ​​​-​ 650 officers,
iii. November, 2023 ​​​-​6857 officers,
iv. December, 2023 ​​​-​ 1407 officers and
v. Total number of officers cleared​ -​ 9,732 officers.

Some of these officers have received their salaries to date, while others will be paid in the month of December with all the arrears.

“Files of 1,029 officers, who have discrepancies in their records are still being expected from their MDAs to enable the office authenticate their records after which their salaries will be restored. ​

“It should be noted that about 686 officers, whose salaries were suspended did not show up for the verification exercise and their salaries remain suspended on the IPPIS platform.

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Yemi-Esan made the announcement while addressing the press ahead of the 2023 Civil Servants Week In Abuja.

She also noted that the government was working towards an upward review of the Duty Tour Allowances of civil servants.

Esan noted that a committee was working towards salary harmonization in the civil service.

She said, “The Presidential Committee on Salary Harmonization is working to review salaries to reduce the disparity. Earlier, 40 per cent of Basic salary approved by FEC as Peculiar allowance with effect from January 2023. Also, we are working towards Upward Review of Staff Duty Tour Allowance.

“On the issue of procurement of insurance cover for the federal government employees from 9th February 2023 to 8th February 2024; and payment of backlog of death benefits to over 1500 deceased officers to their beneficiaries from 2021 to date.

“On the third pillar of FCSSIP 25, the Office of the Head of Service has been working towards the implementation of HR Module of IPPIS with a view to bridging the identified gaps in the system.

“As you are aware, prior to the introduction of the current mechanisms put in place to drive the implementation of the IPPIS, the system was bedevilled with considerable leakages and wastes as well as the incessant infiltration of ‘ghost workers’ etc.

“Consequent upon the identified loopholes in the IPPIS, the Office introduced control mechanisms. Notable among others was the inauguration of a Committee on Enrolment of Newly Recruited Civil Servants on the 1st of March, 2021.

“On the issue of procurement of insurance cover for the federal government employees from 9th February 2023 to 8th February 2024; and payment of backlog of death benefits to over 1500 deceased officers to their beneficiaries from 2021 to date.

“On the third pillar of FCSSIP 25, the Office of the Head of Service has been working towards the implementation of HR Module of IPPIS with a view to bridging the identified gaps in the system.

“As you are aware, prior to the introduction of the current mechanisms put in place to drive the implementation of the IPPIS, the system was bedevilled with considerable leakages and wastes as well as the incessant infiltration of ‘ghost workers’ etc.

“Consequent upon the identified loopholes in the IPPIS, the Office introduced control mechanisms. Notable among others was the inauguration of a Committee on Enrolment of Newly Recruited Civil Servants on the 1st of March, 2021.

“Hence, this and other initiatives in accelerating the roll-out of the HR Module of the IPPIS has brought about the following: Detection of 1,618 fake/illegal employment letters; Continuous suspension of Officers from IPPIS platform for not uploading their records; Verification of 69,854 officers across the core MDAs in FCT and the six (6) geo-political zones.”

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The Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Malam Zakari Abubakar stated this while addressing journalists on the 2023 budget breakdown tagged: “Budget of Consolidated and Transition of over N238 billion presented before the state House of Assembly.

The Commissioner stated that the new jobs will gulp the sum of N300m monthly, explaining that relevant government agencies charged with the recruitment portal have already started work on the employment processes.

He said ” the gesture is in line with the Niger State government’s commitment to providing jobs for the teeming unemployed youths. Government is determined to solve the problem of unemployment in the state and this is the reason for making enough financial provision for the exercise in our next year’s budget “.

He explained that the total estimated revenue of the 2023 budget was derived from five sources including; statutory allocation, value-added tax, internally generated revenue, capital receipt and other sources like refunds and donors among others.

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