FG ends three-month terminal leave for retiring civil servants

According to The Punch, the Federal Government has scrapped the long-standing practice of granting federal civil servants a mandatory three-month terminal leave before retirement.

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack, clarified that the arrangement was never backed by the Public Service Rules.

She explained that retiring officers are only required to give three months’ notice before retirement, attend a one-month pre-retirement seminar, and use the remaining period to sort out service records and pension documentation. The notice period, she stressed, is not a leave entitlement.

The clarification means eligible officers will continue performing their official duties until their actual retirement date unless otherwise approved. The move is expected to end years of misunderstanding surrounding retirement procedures in the federal civil service. Source: Punch Newspapers. (Punch Newspapers)