F£ar grips federal civil servants over certificates from unrecognised sources
Fear grips federal civil servants over certificates from unrecognised sources
Some federal civil servants have been gripped with fear over the security of their jobs following reports that the government has started weeding out those who obtained their degree certificates from unrecognised universities in Benin Republic and Togo.
The situation was heightened by a post on the verified X (formerly Twitter) handle of former Senator, Shehu Sani, who decried the alleged sack of the affected civil servants.
Senator Sani had written: “Thousands of guys who graduated from the Benin Republic universities, got jobs and married with kids are the ones hardest hit with this mass sacking by the FG. I appeal to the government to reconsider the sacking by creating an opening for them to make up with a Nigerian degree through the open university system.”
However, the Federal Civil Service Commission has denied the claim of mass sack of workers who obtained their degrees from the two countries.
Responding to enquiry by Sunday Vanguard, the Head of the Civil Service Commission, through Taiwo Hassan, the Head of Press and Media Relations, denied any current mass disengagement within the civil service, emphasizing that the Commission had not received any formal recommendation for such action.
“At our end, there is no disengagement for now. They have to push it to us, or maybe when they get to us, there’s another round of sitting to look at it,” the official explained. “At times, they can invite those people involved. You know the procedures. So if they recommend that from where it’s coming from, we will consider it.”
The Commission further reiterated its statutory role, stating, “The Commission holds the power to employ, transfer, dismiss, discipline, and promote. If you ask me if we are dismissing now, I will say no. We have not dismissed anybody, and this is based on what I know at this moment. Disengagement is not something hidden.”
