Over 6,500 federal workers fail promotion exams

No fewer than 6,500 civil servants who sat the 2023 Federal Civil Service Promotion Examinations failed.

This is according to a list obtained by The PUNCH from the Federal Civil Service Commission, on Wednesday.

The PUNCH reports that no fewer than 10,900 civil servants sat the 2023 examination, held across the various states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.

During the examination last year, the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation revealed that about 9,300 wrote the examinations across states with 1,600 workers participating in Abuja.

The examination, known as COMPRO, is the Confirmatory Promotional Examination conducted to help workers in the civil service gain promotions.

It is mainly conducted for newly appointed administrative officers, foreign affairs officers, executive officers, police officers, paramilitary and other professionals in the Federal Civil Service.

The examination is conducted by the Career Management Office of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and is a statutory requirement for the career progression of all staff in the public service.

Analysis of the list obtained by our correspondent revealed that about 4,325 civil servants were recommended for promotion based on the results of the examination.

The memo from the Federal Civil Service Commission detailing the breakdown of promoted civil servants, tagged, “FC.6241/S.35/Vol.X/T4/244, was signed by the Director of Promotions of the Commission, Sani Bello.

In the breakdown of the list, a total of 201 civil servants were promoted to the rank of Chief Administrative Officer, 277 civil servants were elevated to the rank of Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, 269 civil servants were promoted to the rank of Principal Administrative Officer, 167 elevated to the rank of Senior Administrative Officer, among others.

Meanwhile, preparations for the 2024 promotion examinations have commenced.

The Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, in a memo dated July 2, 2024, which was addressed to Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Heads and Chief Executives of Agencies asked that list of eligible civil servants be forwarded to the service before July 31, 2024.

The memo signed by the Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office of the OHCSF, Adeleye Adeoye, read: “The Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation has commenced preparations for the conduct of the year 2024 promotion examination in respect of officers on Grade Levels 06-13 under the Pool of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

“Consequently, you are requested to forward the vacancy returns, APER/PMS SCORES and eligibility list in respect of officers using the attached form-OHCSF-EMD (2024).

“All returns should be made in Excel format (soft and hard copies) and the documents must be authenticated by the Director (Administration/Human Resources Management) of the relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies. Submission should reach the Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office on or before 31st July 2024.”