The search for 16 new permanent secretaries to fill vacant positions in the civil service has commenced.
Per what we gathered from the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF ), any candidate who had been shortlisted after initially applying for the positions is starting the exams today.
Over 100 participants physically attended the exams under strict observance of social distancing, however, those who couldn’t attend due to circumstances beyond their control will be given the opportunity to also participate through video conferencing.
Additionally, seven other foreign service officers successfully participated in the video conferencing exam under the supervision of security agents at the centers.
The office of the Head of Civil of the Federation issued a communique on the replacement of the 14 outgoing permanent secretaries and appointment of two into vacant and in their statement, they wrote;
“Consequently, officers in the mainstream of the Federal Civil Service, who attained the substantive rank of Director, on Salary Grade level 17 on or before 1st January 2018, who had updated their records on the IPPIS Verification Portal and are from Kwara, Kebbi, Abia, Anambra, Cross River, Kaduna, Kano, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Adamawa, Yobe, Gombe, Jigawa, Zamfara and Kogi States; and are not retiring from the service earlier than, or on 31st December 2021, are eligible to participate.”
Source: ghgossip.com
