FG to sack Civil servant, public officer who leak official document

The Federal Government on Tuesday read riot act to Civil Servants and public officials across the country over unauthorized release or leak of official documents and threatened to sack anyone found wanting.

In a circular, numbered HCSF/109/S.1/120 and dated May 22, 2020, the Federal government stated that leaking official documents is embarrassing to the government and threatened that anyone caught doing this will be dismissed from service.

Titled: “Unauthorized circulation of official documents/information on social media,” the circular pointed out that even documents which had been minuted upon were illegally released, describing the action as unfortunate.

“The attention of the office of the head of service of the federation has been drawn to the recent unfortunate unauthorised disclosure of official documents on the social media.

“In some cases, official documents that have been minuted on, are also leaked. this irresponsible and reckless action is an act of serious misconduct, with a penalty of dismissal from service, as provided for in public service rules nos. 030401 and 030402.

“The ugly development is embarrassing to the government and therefore, not acceptable. any public officer caught engaging in this act of serious misconduct, will be severely dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the public service rules.

“Permanent secretaries are to draw the attention of all their staff to the contents of this circular and the consequences of breaking the rules,” the circular reads.