NEMA boss tells 229 newly promoted staff members to double down in their work

By Miriam Humbe, Abuja

Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mustapha Habib Ahmed has approved the release of promotion for 229 eligible staff members who were successful in the recent promotion exercise conducted by the Agency.

A statement signed by NEMA’s Head of Press Unit, Manzo Ezekiel, on Sunday, said that the promotion was released in Abuja at the weekend.

The Director General congratulated the newly promoted staff members and urged them to justify their elevation with more commitment to duties and by actualizing the mandates of the Agency.

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Here’s a breakdown of the promotions:

The newly promoted staff were elevated to various ranks.

The ranks included one substantive Director on salary grade Level 17, one Deputy Director on grade level 16 and eight Assistant Directors on grade level 15.

Others were 37 staff members promoted to grade level 14 and 55 officers to level 13.

Furthermore, 45 staff mrmbers were elevated to grade level 12 and 29 officers to level 10, even as 9 staff members got promoted to level 9 and 5 were promoted to level 8.

39 others were promoted to grade level 7.

Also, one staff member was converted from clerical to executive cadre and another from executive to administrative cadre respectively, while10 drivers were converted to works superintendent cadre.

Public service rules effected:

The promotion exercise was conducted in line with the extant provisions of Public Service Rules.

The Management of NEMA approved the outcome of the exercise, which was ratified by the Senior Staff Establishment Committee that included representatives of the supervising Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development as well as the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.