The Information Cadre Officer's Redesign Approved By The Federal Government.

 The renaming of Information Officer Cadre to Information and Public Relation Officer Cadre GL08 to 17 and Executive Officer (Information and Public) GL 06 to 14 has been approved by the federal government via the National Council on Establishments (NCE).

This was stated in a circular signed by Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, the Head of the Federation's Civil Service, and dated March 21, 2024.

The approval was granted, according the circular, at the 45th Meeting of the National Council on Establishments (NCE), which took place in Bauchi, Bauchi State, from December 11 to 13, 2023.

According to the circular, Officer Cadre and Executive Cadre are the authorised structures, and Information and Public Relations Officer II and Officer I are included in the Officer Cadre.

The others are the following: Director (Information and Public Relations), Deputy Director (Information and Public Relations), Assistant Chief Information and Public Relations Officer, Principal Information and Public Relations Officer, Senior Information and Public Relations Officer, and Assistant Director (Information and Public Relations).

While the Executive Cadre include Assistant Executive Officer (Information and Public Relations), Executive Officer (Information and Public Relations), Higher Executive Officer (Information and Public Relations), Senior Executive Officer (Information and Public Relations).

Others are Principal Executive Officer II (Information and Public Relations), Principal Executive Officer I (Information and Public Relations), Assistant Chief Executive Officer (Information and Public Relations), and Chief Executive Officer (Information and Public Relations).

LEDEARSHIP also reported that In addition, the circular notes that the development will be reflected in the Schemes of Service edition that follows and that it will go into effect on December 13, 2023, the date of Council approval.