FG bars officers without appraisal records from promotion

The Federal Government is tightening promotion requirements for senior treasury officers, mandating verified performance records for advancement to directorate-level positions. Effective for the 2026 promotion exercise, this move aims to bolster accountability and embed merit-based career progression within the Federal Public Service.

A circular issued by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation specifies that only officers with duly completed, verified, and properly endorsed performance appraisal reports will be eligible for the Year 2026 directorate-level promotion examination and interview. The directive, signed by Dauda Abdulhamid, Director (Administration), for the Accountant-General, requires officers on Salary Grade Levels 15 and 16 to submit performance appraisal reports for 2023, 2024, and 2025, along with the 2022 Annual Performance Evaluation Report.

The Accountant-General's Office emphasized that all appraisal reports must be fully completed and endorsed by the designated reporting, countersigning, and reviewing officers. Incomplete, unsigned, or improperly filled reports will be rejected for the promotion process. For officers in Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) that had not fully implemented the Performance Management System in 2023, the average of their PMS scores from 2024 and 2025 will be used as their 2023 score for eligibility and assessment purposes.

Similarly, officers on Salary Grade Level 14 are required to submit their Performance Management System appraisal reports for 2023, 2024, and 2025 as part of the mandatory promotion criteria. The government warned against late submissions or the provision of incomplete documentation, underscoring the strict adherence to the new policy.