Fidelis Soriwei and Friday Olokor
The jobs of 4,904 civil servants, who
were recruited by the Federal Civil
Service Commission in the last
administration of President Goodluck
Jonathan, are under threat as the
Federal Character Commission has
queried the exercise.
It was learnt on Monday that moves by
the Federal Civil Service Commission to
sack the workers had led to a crisis in
the civil service.
No fewer than 247 of the affected
workers had petitioned the Independent
Corrupt Practices and other related
offences Commission over a plan by the
FCSC to sack them.
The Acting Executive Chairman of the
Federal Character Commission, Dr.
Shettima Abba, had queried the
Chairman of the FCSC, Mrs. Joan Ayo, for
alleged violation of the principle of
federal character in the employment of
the civil servants in a letter dated May 3,
2016.
He said the recruitment, which took
place between 2013 and 2015, was
characterised by a flagrant abuse of the
Federal Character principle.
Abba alleged that the recruitment was
tilted in favour of the South-South
geopolitical zone against other parts of
the country.
He pointed out that the South-South got
33.6 per cent of those employed as
against the 26.2 per cent allotted to
applicants from for the North-East,
North-West and North-Central
geopolitical zones.
He directed the civil service
commission’s boss to ensure that the
perceived inequality was addressed in
the 2016 recruitment by the commission
in accordance with the provisions of the
Federal Character Commission.
Abba stated, “The Federal Character
Commission has viewed and observed
with concern the recruitment exercises
undertaken by the Federal Civil Service
between 2013 and 2015, which glaringly
is lopsided and grossly abused the
principle of Federal Character to which
all institution have subscribed.
“The recruitment which recorded the
engagement of about 4,904 workers,
threw away all common sense and
wisdom of national cohesion and
integration by favouring some states to
the detriment of others.
“We are worried that if this trend is
allowed to continue, then some sections
of the country may not only feel
alienated but may feel insecure by the
action of people in authority.
“It is inconceivable and a gross injustice
for a geopolitical zone to be allocated
33.6 per cent of the total candidates
recruited as against 26.2 per cent for
three zones combined, North-East,
North-West and North-Central.
“We further request without prejudice
that all processes must involve the
Federal Character Commission for advice
and strict adherence to the principle of
federal character as contained in our
circular on guidelines and procedure for
recruitment.”
Investigations revealed that the ICPC
intervened in the matter following a
protest by 247 of the workers whose
jobs were allegedly declared irregular,
null and void by the chairman of the
FCSC.
A top source at the commission said the
ICPC interrogated the chairman of the
commission and other top officials to
defend allegations that they violated the
federal character principle in the last
recruitment.
The ICPC had intervened following a staff
audit by the FCSC in which it took a
decision to sack the affected federal
workers.
Consequently, agitated workers wrote the
ICPC, alleging that the move to sack
them was based on ethnic consideration
and a plot to cover up fraud and
irregularities in previous employments
undertaken by the commission.
The workers showed documentary
evidence of exchange of letters between
the commission and the office of the
Accountant General of the Federation in
which the appointments were
authenticated.
But the spokesperson for the FCSC, Dr.
Abel Oruche, told one of our
correspondents on the telephone that
only those employed irregularly would be
removed.
He also said he was not aware of the
interrogation of the chairman or any
other officer of the commission by the
ICPC.
He stated, “I’m not aware that anybody
was interrogated by the ICPC or whether
the chairman was invited. Nobody
interrogated the chairman of the FCSC,
any commissioner or any official.”
Oruche explained that some people were
employed without vacancies, adding that
the staff audit was aimed at fishing out
such people.
He stated, “The press statement we sent
was not reactive, but to explain to
people what we have done and what we
are doing to avoid rumour or
insinuations.
“It is an ongoing audit to make sure that
all those people, who were employed
irregularly without existing vacancies,
are removed. We didn’t issue the
statement because somebody called us.”
Also, in an electronic mail sent to one of
our correspondents on Sunday, Oruche
stated that the FCSC chairman had said
the staff audit at the federal civil service
had revealed some unauthorised
appointments.
Such appointments, the chairman said,
had been declared null and void.
According to him, the chairman
explained that the staff audit was aimed
at fishing out irregular appointees and
delisting them from the Integrated
Personnel Payroll Information System.
He stated, “The chairman maintained that
this action is necessary because the
appointments are not backed by any
vacancy from the Office of the Head of
the Civil Service of the Federation and as
such, were not budgeted for.
Besides, they are in gross violation of the
Federal Character principle.”

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At least they will experience the change they created.

Yes!
That's justified...
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Welcome to real Governance.
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