The Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) has issued a final warning to 3,598 civil servants who missed the 2021 verification exercise, directing them to appear for a re-verification or risk being dismissed for allegedly holding fake appointment letters.
According to a circular dated August 4, 2025, and obtained by our correspondent, the exercise will be held from Monday, August 18, to Thursday, August 28, 2025, across various ministries, departments, and agencies, including the Ministries of Agriculture, Defence, Education, Justice, Works, Information, Science and Technology, Aviation, Finance, Interior, and the State House.
The document stated that all affected officers must check their names on the commission’s website, the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation’s (OHCSF) website, and on notice boards of their respective ministries.
They are required to present originals and photocopies of key documents, including appointment and promotion letters, gazettes of appointment and confirmation, staff change letters, and their July 2025 IPPIS payslip.
“No further extension will be granted to any officer who fails to turn up for the exercise,” the commission warned. “Any officer absent will be deemed to be holding a fake letter of appointment and deliberately avoiding detection.”
The FCSC noted that the highest numbers of affected staff are in the Ministries of Information (592), Education (506), and Labour (440). Others include Works (134), Industry and Trade (196), Health (158), Environment (237), Interior (24), Defence (28), and the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (36).
The verification is targeted at officers recruited between 2013 and 2020 who failed to present themselves during the 2021 exercise. Those who have recently undergone verification at the commission are exempted.
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