INEC Promotes 5,196 Its Staff Nationwide
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has promoted five thousand one hundred and ninety-six, 5,196, members of its staff nationwide in continuation of its commitment to ensuring the welfare and development of its staff.
The promotion comes on the backdrop of the 2023 promotion examination and evaluation carried out by the Commission.
A statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, IVEC, Sam Olumekun, gave the breakdown indicating that 55 Deputy Directors on Grade Level Sixteen, were promoted to the rank of Directors on Grade Level 17, while 54 Assistant Directors on GL 15 were promoted to Deputy Director Cadre on GL 16.
The statement also noted that the Commission equally promoted 338 officers on GL 14 to Assistant Directors on GL 15 while the bulk of the promotion affected 4,749 officers between GL 7 and 13.
According to the statement, four Directors of the Commission were however, directed to proceed on terminal leave noting that the decision follows a directive from the Federal Government via a circular issued on July 27, 2023.
It adds that the directive mandates all Directors with 8 years or more of service to retire from the public sector adding that two of the Directors proceeding on terminal leave served as Heads of Departments at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja while the other two are deployed as Administrative Secretaries in the State Offices.
The statement stressed that Clinical Officers in the Medical cadre are exempted from the Federal Government Retirement Policy “as clarified in Circular MH 7205/T31 dated 7th September 2023”.
