OSGOF has conducted 2025 Promotion Examination for eligible junior officers on salary grade level 05 and below, Grade Level 05 civil service exams are a crucial step for advancement within the Nigerian civil service. These exams are typically conducted by the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) and other relevant bodies like the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON), and Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN). They assess the knowledge, skills, and abilities of civil servants to promote them to higher grade levels.
Surveyor General of the Federation (SGOF) Surv. Abudulganiyu Adeyemi Adebomehin while commenting on the conduct of the examination said “people will gain from the conduct of the examination to higher level and civil service examination is conducted within 2, 3, 4years respectively depending on the grade level, I thank the Head of Service of the Federation, Civil Service Commissions, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the rest for creating enabling environment for making it a reality.”
The Acting Director Human Resources Department Mr Oseni Abiodun while commenting on the successful conduct of the examinations said “the examination was all encompassing, we have technical officers known as growing up surveyors , drivers and other civil servants, they were asked different questions . The General questions were compulsory for all candidates which were drawn from the civil service rule.“
He said “committees were formed to set questions, while personnels from the parent Ministry of OSGOF ie Housing and Urban Development, Head of Service of the Federation and Federal Civil Service Commissions were involved in the successful conduct of the examination. I thank Surveyor General of the Federation for his support to make it a reality.”
In his last remark, Abiodun advised “Civil Servants need to study very hard, we should not wait for exams to come before we understand the rudiments of public service rule, we don’t need to wait for exams before we understand what the scheme of service is, there are books that guide us. So I advise we get acquainted to all these documents “
One of the candidates who sat for the examinations, Mr Chidawa Awwal of General Service and Maintenance Unit of OSGOF said “The questions from the examiners are not beyond our expectations and hopefully I expect that some of us should come out in flying colours, I thank the Surveyor General of the Federation for giving us the enabling environment to do our job and for facilitating our promotion examination as at the time due.”
Promotion examination in the Civil Service is not just a welfare programme for staff; it’s essential to regenerate the service and ensure that those who are deserving of various positions are elevated based on merit. It also remains a critical step in the professional advancement of staff across various cadres.
Signed
Henry David
Head, Information and Public Relations
Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation
22nd May, 2025
