The Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Fee, Prof. Tunji Olaopa, has mentioned that the coverage of hiring a thousand mediocre people for duties that may very well be effectively carried out by 150 specialists and the poor remuneration and reward construction has discouraged expert professionals from to affix the civil service. make use of.
He referred to as for a radical reorganization, job analysis and a complete rethink of the whole construction.
A press release on Sunday by the Head of the Press and Public Relations Division of the fee, Taiwo Hassan, mentioned Olaopa spoke throughout a go to to the Chairman and Managing Director of the Nationwide Fee on Salaries, Incomes and Wages, Ekpo Nta, in Abuja.
It learn partly: “The Chairman mentioned that the federal government has inadvertently institutionalized a coverage whereby we recruit 1,000 mediocre individuals to do work that may very well be completed by 150 specialists simply because no skilled desires to work within the public service because of poor pay and cost system.
“Olaopa additional disclosed that there’s a deficiency in competency-based human useful resource administration that lacks the required IQ, which has been exacerbated by the way in which we handle our Federal Character Coverage.
“He mentioned the problem of pay and compensation is a numbers recreation. He referred to as for a critical reappraisal, job analysis, rethinking of the whole construction and clear insurance policies and tips for the institution and dissolution of establishments.
“He added that so many establishments have been created, later blown up and their workers finally dumped into the civil service with out strict monetary issues.”
He additionally referred to as for a decentralized system of minimal wages, by which states can hyperlink their minimal wages to their capabilities.
“Speaking on the indexation of wages to inflation and different variables, Olaopa mentioned the important thing challenge shouldn’t be the wage or wage however a few of the non-monetary advantages. He revealed that the coverage the Wage and Wage Fee is engaged on will assist information the whole administration of the payroll system.
“He mentioned having a aggressive wage will clear up a whole lot of completely different uncertainties surrounding this dialog; say it’s excessive time for the nation to apply decentralization inside price range federalism, the place states pay salaries in response to their capabilities. Due to this fact, some states nonetheless pay a minimal wage of #18,000,” the assertion mentioned.
Throughout his speech, Nta additionally lamented that the federal government recruitment course of doesn’t prioritize competency, resulting in extreme enlargement of the workforce.
Nta mentioned: “Civil service employment shouldn’t be competency-driven, resulting in the present overload of the service.” Based mostly on COVID-19 expertise, he mentioned that grade 12 and under have been away from work for greater than a 12 months at the moment, and officers from grade 13 to 17 have been dealing with the whole work within the service cost-effectively, leaving a meager workforce emerged.
He additional disclosed that 156 workers members in his committee handle the nation's complete nationwide salaries, incomes and wages actions.
He suggested the FCSC Chairman to digitize his recruitment, promotion and self-discipline actions.
Nta, nonetheless, mentioned value of dwelling adjustment for salaries and wages shouldn’t be haphazard however based mostly on the mechanism of actual and applicable wages linked to the market variables and the price of dwelling.
