From 2013, promotions in the federal civil service will no longer be based on examinations.

Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, made this known while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday.

Maku said the Federal Civil Service Commission in partnership with states civil service commissions had formally adopted a proposal to use the performance contract system introduced recently by the Federal Government as the basis for career promotions.

He said the decision formed part of the report of the last Federal Civil Service Commission’s annual conference which was presented to the FEC.

According to him, five ministries have been earmarked for the pilot scheme in 2013.

He said, “This indeed was presented to us and the commission is proposing that by 2013, five MDAs – namely Ministries of Education, Agriculture, Health, Finance and Works will be adopted as pilot MDAs to introduce the new system of promotion based on performance.

“Previously, promotion in the civil service has always been through the regular civil service examinations that are written by civil servants.

“In view of the introduction of the performance contract systems into the MDAs, the Federal Civil Service Commission is now considering the possibility of using performance measure which is the essence of this contract system as a basis for promotions.”

Maku added that rather than conducting examinations for top civil servants like directors, they would wait on the outcome of performance measurement which would be conducted on MDAs basis to determine if the directors have delivered on their mandates.

The basis of that measurement, he added, would form the fulcrum on which their promotion would be based.

The minister explained that promotion in the new system would be based on the result of the work they do as measured by the satisfaction of members of the public.

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I see wuruwuru in the offing.

Hmmmmmm

I think this is a great development for the Nigerian civil service!

Some bosses wl nw turn to semi god.

4rm exam to performance na them sabi jare

yawa don gas!!!...

that means if your boss does not like your face or your character..you are doomed to a static position till God knows when.

Hope it is going to be replicated in the state civil service & hope Fayemi also heard the news too.

timpaker: yawa don gas!!!...

that means if your boss does not like your face or your character..you are doomed to a static position till God knows when.

you are right my dear. i pity the girls with male boss too cos their male boss will definitely turn them to a seex toy otherwise no promotion for them.

they've nvr being held accountable before, so who cares jor

God our Future is in ur Holy Hands!

This is very wrong! Performance should be 50% while promotional exams should be 50%. This is because the former is subjective while the later is objective.

Depending only on Performance means a dundee who has a Godfather as a boss will keep climbing the ladder even if he/she didn't merit it. Also depending only on Promotional Exams means an academic guru who is not industrious will keep on climbing the promotional ladder even if he/she didn't merit.

Thus they need both Performance and Promotional Exams as a bases for promotion so that they both balance themselves out

right step in d right direction

Good

Hmmm ...Naija again !

I guess we are avoiding the civil service promo-exams inorder for some of our god-fathered 'illetrate and scandalous graduates who can't spell NYSC, have a free-flow recruitment benefits and splendour.

Naija I hail thee.

Am singing that old star-trek's band single'I go pray so tey ! So tey ,so tey so tey so tey !

When will all dis wuru wuru stop in Naija? Hw can u compare dis method 2 d 1 b4. SMH. Very bad

rubbish and ignorance gone on rampage

They don't need exam to be promoted.

slimming: They don't need exam to be promoted.

why do you think they don't need exams. do you know that the whole process can be compromised?

you seem not see favouriticism and tribalism sterming from it, a situation where a boss will assess a staff based or his own judgement.

greall12: Good

what is good about it tomorrow you will blame GEJ for implementing bad policies.

If this is implented, then its clear this policy is a way of making a yoruba man subject to the Hausas in the service...God is our strength

This doesn't sound right at all. The present system whereby Boss'Assessment takes 20%, Technical knowledge takes 30%, Current Affairs /Civil Service knowledge takes 40% and Seniority takes 10% is much more reasonable. Like most people have observed here, the new system can easily be abused.

The abolition of civil service examination will not be in the best interest of the civil service. The FG is planning to promote mediocrity, favoritism & bribery in the civil service.