The Federal Government of Nigeria recently issued a directive that the salaries of federal civil servants who fail to complete the ongoing nationwide verification and skills assessment will be suspended starting in March 2026. This announcement follows the conclusion of the Personnel Audit and Skills Gap Analysis (PASGA) Project, launched in 2025 as a core component of President Bola Tinubu’s civil service reform agenda, aimed at sanitising the system and eliminating payments to ghost workers. The PASGA Project seeks to ensure that only qual
The Federal Government of Nigeria recently issued a directive that the salaries of federal civil servants who fail to complete the ongoing nationwide verification and skills assessment will be suspended starting in March 2026. This announcement follows the conclusion of the Personnel Audit and Skills Gap Analysis (PASGA) Project, launched in 2025 as a core component of President Bola Tinubu’s civil service reform agenda, aimed at sanitising the system and eliminating payments to ghost workers. The PASGA Project seeks to ensure that only qual