Govt develops three retirement schemes for federal civil servants

The Federal Government has developed three schemes for proper
preparation toward exiting the service and smooth transition to
retirement for employees in the Federal Civil Service.

The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred
Oyo-Ita, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a media briefing to
highlight government’s achievements from 2015 to 2018.

She said the schemes were in collaboration with the Central Bank
of Nigeria, Bank of Industry and Bank of Agriculture.

She listed the schemes to include: pre-retirement training
scheme, where prospective retirees are provided new skills to
enable them have second career choices just before retirement.

Others are Federal Civil Service Off-Boarding Scheme, which was
a structural process for employees to exit from the federal civil
service and the Civil Service Post-Retirement Service Scheme.

She said that the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the
Federation, in a bid to enhance the welfare of staff across the
service, has provided quality and affordable housing under the
Federal Integrated Staff Housing.

“A total number of 9,503 are under construction, a total number
of 342 were allocated, 30 off-takers have been issued keys to their
houses and 17 off-takers have moved into their houses,” she
said.

Oyo-Ita said that a total number of 4,167 staff across the
service benefited from the Federal Government Staff Housing Loan in
collaboration with the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria between
2016 and 2019.

“Also, a total number of 2,077 benefited from Home Renovation
Loan of one million naira implemented by the office in partnership
with FMBN between 2016 and 2018.

“The office has instituted a reward and recognition system
through motivation, which ties incentives and rewards to better
performance,” she said.

(NAN)