The Federal Government has stated that it has put in place mechanisms that will ensure that civil service officers Undergo regular physical verifications, News About Nigeria reports.
The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan , disclosed this in a memo addressed to all permanent secretaries and made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Friday.
She noted that this routine verification of workers in the service, is to ascertain their true location at all times.
She also noted that the federal government has demanded that Federal Civil Servants on study leave show evidence of approval obtained from the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.
Recall that the in August 2021, theFederal Government raised alarm over civil servants applying for study leave with admission letters obtained from suspicious foreign universities.
Similarly in 2022, the government ordered that such workers be made to sign bonds in a bid to curtail the “abuse” of study leave by civil servants.
However, while addressing the new development alongside the need for physical verification, Yemi-Esan noted that the verification of officers was part of the efforts to sustain the gains of the Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System, (IPPIS).
“To this end, you are directed to carry out physical verification exercise of all staff in your ministry to ascertain the location of each officer.
“Officers who may be on study leave must show evidence of the approval of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to embark on such leave. This should be indicated in the remark column.
“The report of the exercise, to be signed by the permanent secretary, should be submitted to the Office of the Head of the Civil Service on or before 2nd April 2024.” She stated.
