Over 9,000 Out Of 13,000 Civil Servants Failed Promotion Exam

A list from the Federal Civil Service Commission has shown that over 9, 000 civil servants who sat for the 2022 Federal Civil Service Promotion examinations failed.

No fewer than 13,000 civil servants sat the 2022 examination, which held in about 69 Computer Based Test centres.

The medium gathered that candidates were drawn from the core civil service, the Nigeria Police, and other para-military and specialised agencies.

Dated November 30, 2023, the letter containing the list of successful civil servants
was sent from the Federal Civil Service Commission.

The letter, tagged FC.6241/S.35/Vol.xi/ T12/268, was signed by the Director of Promotions, Sani Bello, and addressed to the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.

Only 3,851 civil servants out of the over 13,000 civil servants who sat the promotion examination passed according to a list attached to the letter.

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In the list, it was stated that 139 officers were, for instance, promoted from the post of Assistant Chief Administrative Officer to Chief Administrative Officer.

A total of 191 were promoted to the post of Assistant Chief Administrative Officer from the role of Principal Administrative Officer. A total of 313 civil servants were promoted from the role of Senior Administrative Officer to Principal Administrative Officer. A total of 191 were promoted to Senior Administrative Officer from the role of Administrative Officer 1 among others.