Senior civil servants tackle commission over promotion

 By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief

ABUJA—The  Association of Senior Civil Servant of Nigeria, ASCSN, has accused the Federal Civil Service Commission , FCSC, of attempts to frustrate the recently introduced tenure policy of the Federal Government and insisted that deputy directors
who have passed promotion examinations be promoted forthwith.

Under the tenure policy championed by the current Head of Service, Mr. Steve Oronsaye, permanent secretaries and directors must retire after eight years in office, to create room for others to check the problem of stagnation and frustration in the federal civil service.

The association, in a letter dated August 25, 2010, and addressed to the chairman of the FCSC, urged the commission to “utilize the consequential vacancies arising from the implementation of the 8-year tenure policy to promote deputy directors who passed the last interview/examination for officers on Grade Levels 16-17 in the Federal Civil Service.”