Director-general of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mustapha Habib Ahmed has approved the release of promotion for 229 eligible staff that were successful in the recent promotion exercise conducted by the agency.
The newly promoted staff were elevated to various ranks that include one substantive director on salary grade Level 17, one deputy director on grade level 16 and eight assistant directors on grade level 15.
NEMA head of media, Ezekiel Manzo, who confirmed the news, said the promotion was released in Abuja at the weekend.
Others promoted include 37 staff, who were promoted to grade level 14 and 55 officers to level 13. 45 staff were elevated to grade level 12 and 29 officers to level 10.
Also, nine staff got promoted to level nine and five were promoted to level eight. 39 others were also promoted to grade level 7.
Furthermore, one staff was converted from clerical to executive cadre and another from executive to administrative cadre.
Also, 10 drivers were converted to works superintendent cadre.
Manzo said the promotion exercise was conducted in line with the extant provisions of public service rules.
He also said the management of NEMA approved the outcome of the exercises, which was ratified by the senior staff establishment committee that included representatives of the supervising ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development as well as the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.
Meanwhile, Ahmed has congratulated the newly promoted staff and urged them to justify their elevation with more commitment to duties and actualising the mandates of the agency.
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