Niger govt sets deadline for submission of Civil Service promotion recommendations

The Niger State Civil Service Commission has raised concerns implicit delays by immoderate Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) successful submitting promotion recommendations for the 2025 exercise, saying the lapses affected the timely promotion of eligible staff.

In immoderate cases, officers had to beryllium considered for treble oregon adjacent triple promotions to wide existing backlogs.

To forestall a repeat, the Commission directed each MDAs to taxable recommendations for officers connected Grade Levels 07–14 for the January–June 2026 promotion exercise.

In a circular signed by the Permanent Secretary, Yahaya Ibrahim Gulbinboka, MDAs were instructed to guardant each applicable documents to the Office of the Chairman by Monday, 9th March 2026, up of the statutory oversight relation scheduled to statesman connected 16th March 2026.

Speaking connected the directive, Gulbinboka emphasized the value of strict compliance with timelines, noting that timely submission is captious to maintaining morale, discipline, and ratio wrong the State Civil Service.

“The Commission remains afloat committed to ensuring that each eligible serviceman is reasonably and promptly considered successful enactment with established rules. We truthful impulse each MDAs to dainty this directive with the seriousness it deserves to debar unnecessary delays,” helium said.

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