{"id":58410,"date":"2024-12-24T14:29:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T14:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58410"},"modified":"2024-12-24T14:29:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T14:29:53","slug":"pro-impact-initiative-defends-agf-hcsf-against-alleged-smear-campaigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/24\/pro-impact-initiative-defends-agf-hcsf-against-alleged-smear-campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Impact Initiative Defends AGF, HCSF Against Alleged Smear Campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Alexis Uchendu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Civil society group Pro-Impact Initiative has condemned alleged attempts to tarnish the reputations of Mrs. Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), and Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF).<\/p>\n<p>The allegations follow President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s decision to allow the AGF to complete her tenure before appointing a successor.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists in Abuja, the group\u2019s Coordinator, Dr. Osamudiamen Isokpehi, denounced the accusations as \u201ccalculated attempts to mislead the public and blackmail patriotic public servants for selfish interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He criticized anonymous sources in recent reports, dismissing them as lacking credibility.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Isokpehi refuted claims about mandatory three-month pre-retirement leave, clarifying that the Public Service Rules (PSR), require only a three-month notice before retirement.<\/p>\n<p>He cited precedents of senior officials who did not proceed on such leave.<\/p>\n<p>The group lauded President Tinubu for upholding civil service norms and national interest, assuring that work at the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation continues seamlessly.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Impact Initiative urged detractors to stop exploiting civil service rules for personal gain and called on Nigerians to prioritize strengthening institutions over undermining them with unfounded attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alexis Uchendu Civil society group Pro-Impact Initiative has condemned alleged attempts to tarnish the reputations of Mrs. Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), and Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF). The allegations follow President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s decision to allow the AGF to complete her tenure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58412,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58410\/revisions\/58412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}