The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has approved the promotion of 27,624 personnel across Nigeria’s four paramilitary services to address promotion delays, improve staff welfare and boost morale.
The board also announced that it had disposed of 228 pending disciplinary cases across the four agencies. The Secretary to the board, retired Maj.-Gen. Abdulmalik Jibril, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four agencies are the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Fire Service (FFS), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS).
Jibril said the promotion exercise was part of efforts to address stagnation and improve personnel welfare across the services.
Giving a breakdown of the promotions, he said the NSCDC recorded the highest number, with 17,343 personnel promoted.
He added that the Nigerian Correctional Service recorded 4,601 promotions, the Nigeria Immigration Service had 4,097, while the Federal Fire Service recorded 1,583.
According to him, the decisions were aimed at strengthening discipline, improving service delivery and ensuring personnel discharged their responsibilities effectively.
Jibril described the exercise as unprecedented, saying it reflected the Federal Government’s commitment to ending promotion delays and improving the welfare of paramilitary personnel.
He added that the board had approved various disciplinary measures against personnel found to have committed different offences.
The board secretary also said the board had validated a healthcare policy framework aimed at ensuring the fitness and wellbeing of officers and men across the four services.
“We considered this as part of the welfare to boost personnel’s morale for effective service discharge of duties,” Jibril said.
