Fifteen former director-generals in
the Niger State civil service have cause to smile again 24 years after they
were unceremoniously eased out of service as a result of the 1988 civil service
reform.
The Niger State government has
decided to revisit their cases and pay them their retirement benefits.
Under the review of the civil
service rules in 1988, all permanent secretaries were converted to
director-generals and were directed to retire with the government under which
they served notwithstanding their length of service.
This was disclosed to journalists in
Minna at the end of the state executive council meeting by the Head of Service,
Alhaji Ibrahim Matane.
He said going through the files, the
Niger State government recently discovered that the 15 affected
director-generals had not put in the mandatory 35 years in service or attained
the 60 years age limit needed for them to retire.
According to him, government has
decided to restore the retirement benefits of the affected former civil
servants in line with the administrations posture of recognising hard work and
rewarding dedication to duty.
Matane further said that beginning
from this month, the 15 affected former directors-general will start drawing
their monthly pension put at N1.1 million for each of them.
He also appreciated the
contributions of the affected people to the growth of the state civil service
while urging serving workers to take the incident as a call for them to work
harder as all their efforts will be rewarded.
The state executive council also
changed the name of the former state Ministry of Solid Minerals to state
Ministry of Mining and Mineral Resources releasing N55 million as its take-off
grant.
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry,
Alhaji Bala Jida, said the grant was to enable the new ministry secure
accommodation and recruit qualified staff to man the ministry.
He further said that the speedy
takeoff of the ministry will contribute to the economic transformation of the
state.
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