Editor in Chief.
The Federal Government has directed Ministries, Departments and Agencies to immediately discontinue the practice of placing civil servants on what is commonly referred to as a mandatory three-month pre-retirement leave, declaring that such a provision does not exist in the Public Service Rules.
According to her, the Public Service Rule only requires officers due for retirement to give three months’ notice before their exit date, attend a one-month pre-retirement workshop or seminar, and use the remaining period to regularise service records and pension documentation.
“The so-called ‘mandatory three-month pre-retirement leave’ has no basis in the Public Service Rules,” Walson-Jack stated.“A retiring officer must give three months’ notice before their effective date of retirement.
This is a notice requirement, not a leave entitlement,” the circular stated.
