Stakeholders in the health sector have called on Federal Government to enforce the public service rule on the tenure and statutory retirement age for Chief Medical Directors (CMDs) and Medical Directors in tertiary hospitals in the country.
According to a circular from the Head of civil service dated 27th of July 2009 on the interpretation of public service rules on compulsory retirement age/year of service in relation to appointment of serving public officers signed by former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr Stephen Orosanye, stated that the attention of the Federal Government has been drawn to the need to correct interpretation of the public career officers who are serving as Executive Directors or Director-General. The circular reads: “Chief Executive of parastatals, agencies and government owned companies. For avoidance of doubt, and in other to maintain discipline and integrity of the public service rules, which prescribe 60 years of age or 35 years of service for mandatory retirement should be strictly complied with according to the following guidelines shall apply.
“That career officers who wish to take up tenured appointments should at the point of taking up the appointment, retire from service to ensure they run their term uninterrupted. That career officers who may have not retired or choose not to retire from service, before the commencement of their tenured appointment, must leave office on attainment of the mandatory age/year of service for retirement. That career officers who are currently holding tenured appointments are required to retire from the service with immediate effect and continue to run their term. Failure to do so would mean that they would vacate office on attaining the mandatory retirement age or at the expiration of their term whichever comes first.
By: Lara Adejoro
Daily Times News
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