To ensure that civil servants enjoyed “better days,” following the removal of the subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, the Federal Government is considering a single salary scale that will be performance-based for civil servants in ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs).
The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, was quoted to have said this at a virtual interactive session with a cross-section of civil servants across various MDAs.
A statement signed by the Director of Press, Muhammed Ahmed, on Saturday said Yemi-Esan, highlighted government’s plans to improve the welfare of workers worsened by the present excruciating economic conditions.
Among such plans include the introduction of a single salary scale for workers in ministries, extra-ministerial departments, and agencies, which will be tied to productivity; allowances, palliatives, and subsidised transportation to cushion the effects of the hardship in the next few weeks.
She also emphasised the issue of promotion arrears and the timely release of letters of promotion to avoid accumulated years of promotion allowance.
She said the yearly promotion processes should start and end within the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, while urging MDAs to submit their requests for promotion arrears on time, to enable the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation for onward transmission.
Yemi-Esan noted that “one of the objectives of the interactive session, is to get feedback from the civil servants on the ongoing transformation of the service,” and highlighted a number of impactful initiatives as captured under the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021- 2025 (FCSSIP 25).
“These include induction, SMAT-P and LEAD-P, which were resuscitated to propel the Service to be capable of competing, favourably, with those of other climes.
She also “spoke extensively on digitalisation and Performance Management System, as key drivers of high productivity.”
One of the objectives of the interactive session is to get feedback from the civil servants on the ongoing transformation of the service…
