The Federal Government has developed three schemes for proper
preparation toward exiting the service and smooth transition to
retirement for employees in the Federal Civil Service.
The Head
of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, disclosed
this on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing to highlight government’s
achievements from 2015 to 2018.
She said the schemes were in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria, Bank of Industry and Bank of Agriculture.
She
listed the schemes to include: 1) pre-retirement training scheme, where
prospective retirees are provided new skills to enable them have second
career choices just before retirement.
Others are 2) Federal
Civil Service Off-Boarding Scheme, which was a structural process for
employees to exit from the federal civil service and the 3) Civil
Service Post-Retirement Service Scheme.
She said that the
Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, in a bid to
enhance the welfare of staff across the service, has provided quality
and affordable housing under the Federal Integrated Staff Housing.
“A
total number of 9,503 are under construction, a total number of 342
were allocated, 30 off-takers have been issued keys to their houses and
17 off-takers have moved into their houses,” she said.
Oyo-Ita
said that a total number of 4,167 staff across the service benefited
from the Federal Government Staff Housing Loan in collaboration with the
Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria between 2016 and 2019.
“Also, a
total number of 2,077 benefited from Home Renovation Loan of one
million naira implemented by the office in partnership with FMBN between
2016 and 2018.
“The office has instituted a reward and
recognition system through motivation, which ties incentives and rewards
to better performance,” she said.
(NAN)