The government of Nigeria 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.
This was made known in a memo addressed to all permanent secretaries and made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Friday.
Recall that the Federal Government had in August 2021 raised the 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.
Addressing the new development alongside the need for physical verification in the memo, the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan said: “As part of the efforts to sustain the gains of the Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System , it has become imperative to emplace a mechanism for regular physical verification of officers in the service.
“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.”
In another development, President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Olugbile Holloway as the Director-General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments.
Holloway succeeds Prof. Abba Tijani who was appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari on August 26, 2020.
His appointment was announced in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, titled ‘President Tinubu appoints new Director-General of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments.’
He becomes the 8th Indigenous Substantive Director-General/CEO of the Commission.
Until his appointment, Holloway served as the Managing Director of Evoke Communications Limited, a creative brand/consultancy agency.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and International Relations and a Master’s degree in Business Administration.
The President expects that the new Director-General will “bring life into this important agency and ensure the preservation, promotion, and development of Nigeria’s diverse tangible and intangible cultural heritage,” said Ngelale.
