FG-owned learning institutions no longer need waivers to secure jobs
The Federal Government has reportedly announced that government-owned universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and monotechnics will no longer be required to acquire waivers from the Federation’s Office of the Head of Service in order to fill vacancies in their institutions.
Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, made the announcement on Thursday in Lagos while speaking to participants at the 67th National Council on Education Meeting, which was hosted by the Lagos State Government, according to a report by PREMIUM TIMES.
His remarks came in the wake of the federal government’s recent decision to exclude tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) for the payment of their staff wages and emoluments.
He said: “We want to specially, on behalf of the entire Nigerian tertiary education and indeed Nigerians, thank President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR for taking the tertiary institutions out of IPPS, and also (saving the heads of these institutions from) constant trips to the Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation for wavers to fill gaps in their personnel need.”
The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, stated in his welcome speech how important it is to develop and implement policies for any agenda to succeed.
He also urged delegates to come up with ideas based on the unique characteristics of their respective states in order to create practical education sector policies.
