The Ministry of Health orders directors with eight years tenure to retire immediately, enforcing Public Service Rules 2021.
The Federal Ministry of Health has directed the immediate retirement of directors who have spent eight years or more in the directorate cadre across its departments, agencies and federal health institutions.
The directive was contained in an internal memo signed by the Director overseeing the Office of the Permanent Secretary at the ministry, TetshomaDafeta, mandating affected officials to disengage from service without delay in line with existing public service regulations.
The move followed an earlier directive by the Federal Government instructing all Ministries, Departments and Agencies to strictly enforce the eight-year tenure limit for directors and permanent secretaries, in accordance with a deadline issued through the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
In the memo, the management of the ministry reminded agencies of the compulsory retirement policy contained in the Revised Public Service Rules 2021, which requires directors to exit the service after spending eight years in the rank.
The circular therefore directed heads of agencies and parastatals to ensure that all affected officers, particularly those who completed eight years as of December 31, 2025, immediately hand over official responsibilities and government property.
It also ordered the stoppage of their salaries through the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System.
It said that any payment made beyond their disengagement date must be refunded to government coffers forthwith.
The ministry further instructed parastatals, agencies and institutions to submit the nominal roll of directorate officers within specified salary structures to designated official email addresses, noting that compliance monitoring would be carried out jointly by officials from the Head of Civil Service office and the ministry.
