SHORT TITLE
Federal Character Commission Act (Amendment) Bill, 2015
OBJECTIVE
The Bill seeks to ensure that existing vacancies above grade level 10 or its equivalent in Ministries, Departments and Agencies are not filled with persons from outside the affected Ministries, Departments and Agencies except where there is no qualified person in order to avoid stagnation, redundancy and encourage effective service delivery.
SIMILAR BILLS
There are 3 other Bills that have been consolidated with this Bill, namely –
Federal Character Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (HB 338) sponsored by Hon. Edward G. Pwajok; Federal Character Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2015 (HB 176) sponsored by Hon Peter Akpatason; and Federal Character Commission (Amendment) Bill 2015 (HB 272) sponsored by Hon. Ahmed Idris. However, each Bill is proposing a different amendment to the principal Act.
AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE BILL
CONCLUDING ISSUES
This Bill seeks to empower the Commission to ensure that existing vacancies above grade level 10 in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) are not filled with anyone outside the particular MDA where the vacancy exists. The exception is where no one within that MDA is qualified for the job required. While this amendment can be said to encourage the use of internal staff to fill vacant positions and motivate staff, it may not boost infusion of new knowledge and skills through external recruitment.
This Bill is one of the four consolidated Bills (see list above) and this analysis is based on the Bill before consolidation.