{"id":59264,"date":"2017-08-25T11:45:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T10:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59264"},"modified":"2017-08-25T11:45:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T10:45:50","slug":"senate-end-underground-recruitment-federal-agencies-saraki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/senate-end-underground-recruitment-federal-agencies-saraki\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate To End Underground Recruitment Into Federal Agencies \u2013 Saraki\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has revealed how the national assembly intends to end backdoor employments in the country.<\/p>\n<div>\nThe Senate President said that the Upper Legislative Chamber will accelerate the passage of the Existing Vacancies in the Federal Civil Service (Prohibition) Bill, once it resumes in September.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement signed by Saraki\u2019s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu.<\/p>\n<p>Saraki said in the statement that the Bill, which is currently due for Second Reading, will be given priority as one of the Senate\u2019s legislative interventions to curb the increasing rates of illegal recruitment into federal government agencies and parastatals.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said, \u201cThe Existing Vacancies Bill will put in place clear-cut procedures that will help to curb and possibly end the trend of \u2018silent or underground recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis country belongs to every Nigerian, and as such, all vacancies that exist in the Federal Civil Service must be properly advertised to give every Nigerian that meet the requirement a chance to apply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saraki further said that the objective of the Bill, which was introduced by Senator Biodun Olujimi, the Senate Deputy Minority Whip, is to make it an offence for a Federal Ministry, Agency or Parastatal to fill existing vacancies in their organizations if such vacancies have not been advertised publicly.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWith this Bill, we will set time-frames for recruitment and the publication of recruitment in national dailies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will make it the duty of the heads of government agencies and ministries to ensure compliance or face punitive measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, this Bill will help to ensure that the mandate of the Federal Character Commission is followed to the letter, by imposing punitive measures on those that choose to intentionally flout the law by embarking on secret recruitment exercises within the MDAs under their purview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis illegal recruitment trend needs to stop, and when we resume, we will begin to work towards enshrining this in our laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has revealed how the national assembly intends to end backdoor employments in the country. 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