The Federal Government (FG) has set aside N394.699 million for the purchase of official and monitoring vehicles, the development and administration of a staff wellness center, and the acquisition of office supplies for the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF).
In particular, the commission’s ongoing project to purchase official and monitoring vehicles will cost N250 million; another ongoing project to establish and manage employee wellness centers, also known as gym centers, will cost over N28,250,000; and a new project to purchase office equipment will cost over N167,074,371 and include the purchase of 100 2HP air conditioners.
The sum, which is a component of the executive proposal made by the federal government for the 2023 Appropriations Bill, also included more than N12.698 billion for the parent OHCSF.
Of the figure, the OHCSF gets N8.39 billion, with zero retained independent revenue and a capital of N1.95 million; Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board, gets 392.56 million, with zero retained independent revenue and N1.95 million as capital.
Administrative staff college of Nigeria gets N1.69 million, with N675 million as retained independent revenue and N107.22 million as capital, while its overhead gulps N105.77 million.
The Bureau of Public Service Reforms gets N449.20 million, with zero independent revenue generation and a total of N105.71 million as capital, while Public Service Institute of Nigeria gets over N1 million, while its capital gulps N382.81 million and zero internally generated revenue.
OHCSF is responsible for the leadership, management and capacity development of the Federal Civil Service, which is the engine of governance and the administrative machinery for implementing the federal government’s policies and programmes.