The Federal Authorities, via the Workplace of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, has taken steps to make sure that official authorities paperwork deemed delicate should not leaked to the general public.
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, in a memo dated February 19, 2024, and uploaded on the web site of the Workplace of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation “ohcsf.gov.org”, stated the leakage of such paperwork had embarrassed the federal government and subsequently needed to cease.
The memo tagged HCSF/3065/VI/189 reads: “It has been famous with dismay the rise within the variety of circumstances of leakage of delicate official paperwork in ministries, departments and businesses. That is very embarrassing for the federal government and subsequently unacceptable.
“As a part of efforts to counter this undesirable improvement, all Everlasting Secretaries ought to speed up the migration to the digitized workflow system and guarantee efficient deployment of the Enterprise system.
Content material administration resolution. This may cut back bodily contact with official paperwork, thereby combating the rising incidence of leakage and dissemination.
“Moreover, the Everlasting Secretaries are suggested to subject a robust warning to all workers towards the leaking and dissemination of official data and paperwork.
“Any officer discovered committing such an unseemly act shall be handled sternly in accordance with the related provisions of the Public Service Guidelines and different present circulars.”
There has just lately been a rise within the leakage of delicate authorities paperwork into the general public area. Not too long ago, a memo from the workplace of the Secretary to the Authorities of the Federation, George Akume, revealed plans to allocate the sum of N500 million as allowances to members of the Tripartite Fee on Minimal Wage arrange by the Federal Authorities. Additionally seen within the public area was a memo about an enormous sum of money to be allotted as subsidy for the Hajj pilgrimage, which reportedly got here from the workplace of the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun.
The 2 memos had sparked outrage amongst civil society organizations and arranged, labor-intensive investigations into such allocations.
