On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 Federal Government released
a statement that banned the conferment of chieftaincy titles and “other sundry
awards” on civil servants until after their retirement or disengagement from
service. The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji, in
a circular sent to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government directed
that where the traditional titles were mandatory by inheritance, “due clearance
must be obtained from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation”
through his office.
A statement issued in Abuja by the Director of
Communications in the Office of the HOS, Mr. Tope Ajakaiye, said “it has come
to the notice of government that some civil servants are in the practice of
soliciting for chieftaincy titles and sundry awards, an act, which is inimical
to the principles of anonymity, integrity and political neutrality which are
the core values of the civil service.”
The statement reads: “Federal Civil Servants have
been banned from accepting chieftaincy titles and other sundry awards until
after their retirement or disengagement from the civil service. “In a circular
sent to all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal
Government, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni
Aji said that it has come to the notice of government that some civil servants
are in the practice of soliciting for chieftaincy titles and sundry awards, an
act, which he said, is inimical to the principles of anonymity, integrity and
political neutrality which are the core values of the civil service.”
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