The General Services Department is a Service Department created in the year 2014 by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF) vide Circular Ref No: HCSF/CMO/EM/243/17 dated 11th March, 2014. 

 

FUNCTIONS

The Department is structured into two (2) Divisions:

  • The Maintenance Division; and
  • The General Services Division.
 

The functions of the department are presented on a divisional basis:

  1. Maintenance Division
    • Maintenance Services
    • Facility Management
    • Plant and Equipment Management
    • Office Allocation
  2. General Services Division
    • Transport Administration
    • Utility Services (Telephones, PABX, Electricity Bills, etc.)
    • Stores Management
    • Security

 

ACHIEVEMENTS

  1. Fumigation, Deratization and decontamination of the Ministry’s offices;
  2. Installation of workstations in some offices within the Ministry;
  3. Installation of 7Nos (seven) Notice Boards at strategic places in the Ministry to enable staff have easy access to information;
  4. Adequate supply and distribution of stationeries items and computer consumables to offices/Departments of the Ministry;
  5. Identification of the Ministry’s offices/ Re-arrangement of offices along Departmental lines within the Federal Secretariat Complex;
  6. Provision of Handwash stations/ installation of automatic hand sanitizing equipment at strategic locations within the Ministry;
  7. Installation of Fire extinguishers at strategic places in the Ministry;
  8. Installation of official telephone landlines between the Ministry and other MDAs as well as its agencies;
  9. Installation of Intercoms for ease of communication;
  10. Repair/installation of Air conditioners in some Ministry’s offices;
  11. Repair of plumbing facilities in some Ministry’s offices and toilets;
  12. Replacement of fluorescent tubes and fittings in some offices is completed;
  13. Installation of protective burglary proofs in the Ministry’s offices.