BREAKING: FG Threatens To Sanction Civil Servants

FG has threatened to sanction Civil Servants.

 

Newsonline reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria has said with the performance management process put in place, it will sanction any worker discovered to be incompetent in the civil service.

 

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The government said it would no longer be business as usual for unproductive civil servants.

 

This online newspaper understands that the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) stated this at the 2022 Ministerial Service Award Programme for the labour sector in Abuja.

According to him: “This is an opportunity to inform you all that enhanced performance for productivity must be encouraged and so this platform is to celebrate and recognize excellence in service delivery by some carefully selected officers of the Ministry.

 

“With the performance Management process in place, it will not be business as usual for unproductive civil servants.

 

“There are sanctions for incompetence. The Ministry will provide the enabling environment for competitive performance in rendering quality services, thereby staff aspiring to put in their best in the discharge of their duties will be encouraged.”

 

He said productivity was a result of the commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and consistent effort to achieve results.

The Minister said: “Institutionalising PMS means adopting a performance-driven culture in public processes to enhance the efficiency. effectiveness and accountability of the public sector MDAS performance goals and targets must align with organizational and national development goals, while clear performance metrics must be established Performance management appraisal will be used for monitoring regular feedback and to develop the rewarding system.