Out of the more than 1,000 top public workers who attended the retreat, more than 200 were deemed successful and will be promoted to the director cadre in the service. The retreat was sponsored by the Niger State Government in the early months of this year.
The Civil Service Commission has already started drafting the affected parties’ letters of promotion (notifications).
This coincides with the departure of a large number of school principals and senior teachers from the state government’s payroll the next year after 35 years of service or the age of 60, leaving a void in the field of qualified educators.
Speaking on the sidelines of the one-day interactive session that the Niger State Wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) organised in Minna on Thursday, Al Aliyu Goro, the permanent secretary in charge of human resources, said that those who received less than a 54 percent on the exam that was given after the retreat would not be promoted. He also said that those who had not spent four years on grade level 14 but participated in the retreat and took the exam would not be promoted.
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While acknowledging that some of the people who participated in the retreat and took the test were “not due for it,” Goro reassured them that there are financial provisions for those who will be promoted.
Speaking at the forum, Mr. Musa Mohammed, the president of the Niger State chapter of the All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), said that a significant number of senior school administrators and experienced principals would be leaving their positions after 35 years of service or turning 60.
The event, according to Musa, “will have grave repercussions on the state’s school administration and the quality of instruction for students.”
Therefore, he requested that the state government put into effect the new federally-approved service policy, which raises the age limit for service years to 40 or 65.
A communiqué with the title “Internal Democracy in Trade Unions: The NUT Perspective” is anticipated to be released at the conclusion of the meeting.
