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55 Directors, others promoted-INEC. The Independent National Electoral Commission has promoted 5,196 people around the country.
This was said in a bulletin distributed to journalists on Thursday.
A breakdown of the data revealed that “55 Deputy Directors on Grade Level 16 were promoted to the rank of Directors on Grade Level 17, while 54 Assistant Directors on GL 15 were promoted to Deputy Director Cadre on GL 16.”
Additionally, the commission promoted “338 officers on GL 14 to Assistant Directors on GL 15 while the bulk of the promotion affected 4,749 officers between GL 7 and 13.”
Meanwhile, four directors of the Commission were directed to proceed on terminal leave.
According to a statement made on Wednesday by Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, the decision follows a mandate from the Federal Government via a circular issued on July 27, 2023.
The regulation requires all directors with eight years or more of public service to retire.
According to Olumekun, two of the directors who went on terminal leave worked as Heads of Departments at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja, while the other two worked as Administrative Secretaries in State Offices.
He did, however, point out that Clinical Officers in the Medical cadre are immune from the Federal Government Retirement Policy, “as clarified in Circular MH 7205/T31 dated September 7, 2023.”