The Federal Government (FG) has no plan to reduce work days over the hike in the price of petrol caused by the removal of petrol subsidy, the Head of the Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, has said.
Yemi-Esan said this on Tuesday in Abuja during a parley with media executives as part of activities marking the 2023 Civil Service Week.
The theme of the event is ‘Digitalisation of Work Processes in the Public Service: A Gateway to Efficient Resource Utilization and National Development’.
According Yemi-Esan, the current administration was working on palliatives that would sustain civil servants and all Nigerians.
“We don’t have any plans to reduce working days for civil servants in view of the hike in PMS and cost of transportation. However, a committee has been set up to look into this,” Yemi-Esan said.
“The committee is currently working on getting gas-powered buses to convey civil servants to and fro. We’re also working on the conversion of some vehicles from PMS into gas. Also, the minimum wage is also being reviewed.”
She said the ongoing verification exercise for civil servants across the MDAs had captured 69,854 officers across the six geopolitical zones.
The head of service stated that the verification exercise under the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Personnel Information System was to remove ghost workers and retain credibly employed civil servants.
Also, she disclosed that the verification exercise had led to the detection of 1,618 fake or illegal employment letters and the subsequent suspension of the officers.
She also said her office was working towards full digitlisation and open government across MDAs.
She said her office was poised to achieve a minimum of 50 per cent functional official email addresses created in the Service by 2025; a minimum of 40 percent automation of ministries’ work processes, a minimum of 60 per cent access to government’s services online and the provision of clean, reliable, affordable and sustainable power supply to guarantee the optimalisation of the digitalisation policy.
