Newspointer April 25, 2024
By our reporter in Jos
Plateau state officials have bemoan land encroachment on school premises and civil servants’ housing occupancy post-retirement.
The state Head of Civil Service, Rauta Dakok and Education Commissioner Mohammed Salihu Nyalun disclosed these challenges during the states 2024 media briefing on Wednesday in Jos.
The Education Commissioner highlighted issues including land encroachment in schools, shortage of academic staff, and lack of lower cadre manpower.
He emphasized the urgent need for additional teachers, security personnel, messengers, and cleaners, along with functional buses and modern printing machines.
The Head of Service on her part expressed concerns over non-adherence to due process in training, retired civil servants occupying government quarters, and the unavailability of current Public Service Rules.
According to her, despite these challenges, the administration has paid backlog school fees, renovated classrooms, drilled boreholes, and constructed facilities.
“Retired Civil Servants are still holding unto Government quarters by preventing the serving Civil Servants from enjoying same.”
“Non availability of copies of current Public Service Rules and other relevant Government actualization of the completion.”
Commissioner for Information and Communication, Musa Ashoms, who is also the converner of the ministerial press briefing underscored the importance of the media briefings in keeping the public informed.
He commended MDAs for their participation in the initiative aimed at fostering transparency and accountability in governance.