The urge to reform the civil service by the Obasanjo’s administration gave birth to the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) on February 4, 2004. It was argued that there were civil servants that had been directors or permanent secretaries for more than 13 years. It happened because in the time of the military era between 1985 and1998, the military officers brought in people into the public service. For instance, the tenure policy contains a proviso that a tenure is for four years and renewable for another four years. Another thing is that some heads of service used tenure system as well as date of birth simultaneously.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2019 04:07 UTC