FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

FEDERAL SECRETARIAT, PHASE III, ABUJA

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR (PRESS & PR)
Press Release

EDUCATION MINISTRY NOT RECRUITING

Education Minister, Adamu Adamu has said that the Federal Ministry of Education is not
recruiting personnel into the Ministry.

The Minister stated this today in Abuja while briefing some education correspondents in
his office.

Reacting to media reports that the Ministry was employing graduate teachers into its
schools, the Minister said, by law, the Ministry cannot and does not employ any officer
above grade level six (GL.06), adding that it is the exclusive preserve of the Federal Civil
Service Commission (FCSC) to do so.

For the avoidance of doubt “the last time the Federal Civil Service Commission recruited
teachers for the Nations Unity Schools was in 2018” the Minister said.

Explaining the rationale for the briefing, Adamu Adamu said some fraudsters have
opened websites advertising for recruitment into the Ministry, adding that it is a complete
scam, and that members of the public should avoid being victims.

Whenever recruitment is to be done into the Ministry, the Federal Civil Service
Commission will advertise through its mechanism, following all due processes before
posting successful officers to the Ministry, Adamu Adamu reiterated.

Ben Bem Goong

Deputy Director and Head of Press
January 17, 2020