Licence Certification Not Compulsory For Entry Into Civil Service – HoS

A circular has emerged in which the immediate past Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, instructed that only academic qualifications are required to enter the country’s civil and public service.

The circular dated 12th April 2021 was written after a meeting of the National Council on Establishment in Lagos.
The circular personally signed by Yemi-Esan reads in part, “The National Council on Establishment (NCE) at its 42nd meeting held from 30th November – 4th December 2020 in Ikeja, Lagos state resolved that professional certificates shall no longer serve as entry qualifications into any cadre in the Civil/Public Service. Consequently, only academic qualifications such as Junior and Senior Secondary School Certificates (WASC/SSCE), NECO, GCE, ND, NCE, HND, University degrees and postgraduate degrees shall apply”.

This is in response to professional bodies’ insistence that certification is compulsory for civil/public service entry.