The Nigerian Government has approved the promotion of Ninety-Five (95) top management officers of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Federal Fire Service (FFS) and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The promotion cut across the ranks of Controllers/Comptrollers/Commandants – Assistant Controllers/Comptrollers/ Commandants-General for the four (4) Services. Below are the breakdown:
NCoS: ACG -DCG 4
CC-ACG 31
NIS: ACG-DCG 6
CC- ACG 20
FFS: ACG-DCG 3
CC-ACG 2
NSCDC: ACG – DCG 3
CC- ACG 22.
Other decisions taken at 03-25 Board meeting includes consideration, and approval to constitute committee to develop a harmonised Scheme of Service for the four services.
The Board also considered and took decision on Two Hundred and Twenty-Four (224) disciplinary cases of erring officers across the four services.
The decisions ranged from dismissal, compulsory retirement, rejection of appeal against dismissal, exoneration, issuance of warning letters, and loss of seniority.
The breakdown of the cases considered is presented below:
NCoS 143
NIS 31
FFS 4
NSCDC 46
The Board considered its recruitment process into the four (4) Services as well as in the Board Secretariat for which online applications would commence from Monday 14th of July 2025.
The applicants are urged to be wary of activities of scammers as the process would be seamless and transparent in line with the ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR).
The board also considered and approved the timeline for 2025 Promotion Exercise, which would commence in August and terminate in November 2025.
The Secretary to the Board, Major General AM Jibril (Retired), made this known on behalf of the Chairman of the Board, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo in Abuja.
The Secretary congratulated all promoted officers stating that to whom much is given, much is expected. He urged them to bring their wealth of knowledge to bear in the various assigned duties.
Olusola Akintonde