Federal Government Warns Against Lobbying For Promotion In Paramilitary Agencies

The national authorities has warned against continued lobbying and favouritism successful the process of promotion wrong Nigeria’s paramilitary agencies.

Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo gave the informing and emphasised that each vocation advancements volition present beryllium based strictly connected merit, competence, and seniority.

Tunji-Ojo stated this during the decoration of 16 recently appointed Deputy Comptrollers-General, Deputy Commandants-General, and Deputy Controllers-General, crossed the 4 paramilitary agencies nether the Ministry of Interior.

The Minister declared that the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has dismantled the long-standing civilization of stagnation, favouritism, and lobbying for promotion successful the paramilitary services, ushering successful a caller epoch wherever merit, competence and seniority specify vocation progression.

“The epoch of “who you know” is over,” informing officers not to question governmental shortcuts, “If you privation this rank, don’t lobby, enactment hard and gain it,” Tunji-Ojo maintained.

The recently decorated officers emerged from the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Fire Service (FFS), and Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), institutions often haunted by delayed promotions and vacant enactment seats.

Tunji-Ojo described the ceremonial arsenic a landmark infinitesimal successful the ongoing structural betterment of Nigeria’s paramilitary institutions, noting that the latest batch of elder appointments reflects the administration’s unwavering resoluteness to extremity systemic stagnation that had for years crippled morale and denied deserving officers their rightful advancement.

“When we assumed office, stagnation was the bid of the day. Many competent and knowledgeable officers retired without ever having the accidental to beryllium recognised oregon to emergence to the level they genuinely earned,” the Minister said.

He added that President Tinubu changed that story. “This authorities came successful to interruption that jinx, and contiguous we’re seeing the results,” helium stated.

The curate emphasised that 80 percent of the officers being decorated had antecedently been elevated to Assistant Comptrollers, Commandants, oregon Controllers-General nether the Tinubu administration.

“There is nary nepotism here. You didn’t get present by lobbying oregon connection. You got present due to the fact that you are the best, and you earned it. Promotions are present based strictly connected seniority, competence, and show successful standardised exams marked by autarkic subject examiners,” helium maintained.

The Minister lauded Tinubu for giving unprecedented attraction to the payment of paramilitary officers, citing the support of wage increases, the instauration of peculiar allowances, and the astir caller argumentation of ‘salary for life’ for retired CGs and DCGs.

“This is not astir politics. It’s astir legacy. It’s astir restoring dignity to the azygous and making definite that erstwhile you service your country, your state takes attraction of you, successful work and after,” helium stressed.

Dr. Tunji-Ojo challenged the recently decorated officers to not conscionable deterioration their caller ranks, but to embody them by becoming relation models for those coming behind.

“You are nary longer conscionable officers, you are pacesetters. The eyes of the Services are connected you. The aboriginal of these institutions will, successful part, beryllium shaped by your discipline, your decisions, and your example. Do not disappoint Mr. President. Do not disappoint this country,” helium said.

Earlier, the caput of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Board (CDCFIB), Major General A.M. Jibril (Rtd) gave the breakdown the appointees with 6 from NIS, 3 from NSCDC, 4 from NCoS and 3 from Federal Fire Service.

He commended the officers for their dedication and urged them to uphold professionalism, subject and integrity successful their new roles.