The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has warned civil servants undergoing physical verification exercise at the Public Service Institute (PSI) in Abuja to be orderly and eschew any form of misconduct.

In a statement, yesterday, National President of ASCSN, Dr. Tommy Okon, who urged the workers to conduct themselves maturely so that the exercise could be conducted in an orderly manner, said the union had pleaded with officers from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) that are supervising the exercise to be circumspect and patient with the workers so that the exercise could be carried out seamlessly.

He said with the union’s intervention, the OHCSF had agreed to reopen the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) portal so that the over 17,000 civil servants that were delisted could do their online documentation and physical verification in respect of their employment status.

The ASCSN boss, who commended the government for yielding to the union’s demand to reopen the IPPIS portal so that the over 17,000 civil servants delisted could be reabsorbed, said the OHCSF had also directed that pregnant women and nursing mothers with babies should come to its office for their verification.

“I urge pregnant women and nursing mothers to comply with this directive because it is intended to show compassion for this category of workers undergoing the exercise. I equally plead with our teeming members undergoing the verification exercise to conduct themselves maturely despite the pressure they are passing through,” he said.

He, however, urged the OHCSF to decongest the crowd at the PSI further by identifying more ministries that could undergo the exercise in a day to mitigate the tension and rowdiness at the venue.