By our reporter| The federal government has said that civil servants who leak official documents on social media will be dismissed from service.
The head of service of the federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan, who made the disclosure in a circular on Sunday, said the “unfortunate unauthorised disclosure of official documents on social media” is “embarrassing and not acceptable”.
The circular marked HCSF/109/S.1/120 was entitled “unauthorised circulation of official documents/information on social media”.
The circular read, “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 content of this circular and the consequences of breaking the rules.”
This development may not be unrelated to a query dated May 11, signed by the head of service and issued to Mohammed Bello, permanent secretary of the ministry of science and technology, which was published in the media.
Bello was alleged to have engaged in financial misconduct while he was the permanent secretary of the federal ministry of agriculture and rural development.
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