Department Overview
The main mandate and function of the Department is to manage the Ministry’s human resources to ensure optimum accomplishment of its statutory objectives.
It is saddled with the responsibility of staff career progression, appointment, deployment, promotion, posting and discipline. Establishment matters of staff and record keeping also fall under the purview of the Department. As one of the Ministry’s critical administrative service departments, HRM coordinates, develops and manages the Ministry’s workforce to ensure the successful delivery of national education policies and goals.
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Vision
To develop and retain a highly motivated, disciplined and professional workforce driving the Ministry’s educational policies and development plans, ensuring the right person is in the right role at the right time.
Our Mission
To efficiently coordinate, develop, and manage the Ministry’s workforce to ensure the successful delivery of national education policies and goals.
Mandate
- Appointment of Staff (GL01–06)
- Appointment and deployment of Principals of Federal Government Colleges (36 FGCs)
- Deployment of staff
- Transfers
- Promotions
- Discipline and Appeals
- Staff Welfare Matters
- Staff Training and Development
- Establishment matters
- Pensions and Gratuity Administration
- Manpower Budget
- Records and Registries
- Coordinating the activities of staff Unions
- Insurance matters
Core Functions
- Coordinates staff appointment, deployment, transfer, promotion and disciplinary processes across the Ministry and its Federal Unity Colleges
- Manages staff welfare, pension enrolment, industrial relations and labour advisory services
- Oversees Ministry clinic operations and staff health and wellbeing
- Coordinates staff training, capacity building and study leave administration
Leadership
DIRECTOR
Nkiru Nneji Florence
Mrs. Nneji Nkiru Florence is an Administrative Officer holding a Bachelor of Arts in Education, a Master of Science, an MBA and a Postgraduate Diploma. She is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), and the Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management (CIHRM).
Director's Additional Profile Information:
- Professional Memberships: Institute of Corporate Administration of Nigeria, Counselling Association of Nigeria
- Honors: Ambassador for Peace, Universal Peace Federation; Lolo Ifeadikanwanne of Nanka Town
- Core Competencies: Policy formulation, strategic leadership, stakeholder engagement, quality assurance
Organizational Structure
Divisions: Appointment, Promotion and Discipline
Branches:
- Appointment
- Promotion
- Discipline
Key Functions:
- Treatment of matters on secondments and transfer of service at Senior Staff Committee.
- Processing of regularisation of appointment of officers recruited by the Ministry
- Deployment/redeployment of officers across the Federal Unity Colleges, FEQAS and FME Headquarters.
- Conduct of Senior Staff Committee (SSC) and Junior Staff Committee (JSC) meetings.
- Preparing reports of disciplinary investigations carried out at Federal Unity Colleges and Parastatals under the Ministry’s supervision.
- Handles disciplinary cases and appeals.
- Conduct of nationwide audits of disciplinary cases across Federal Unity Colleges, FEQAS, the Scholarship Board and other Parastatals.
- Maintains a database of disciplinary cases for reference.
- Conduct of Junior Staff (GL.02–05) and Senior Staff (GL 06–13) promotion and conversion exercises. Production of promotion and conversion letters.
Divisions: Staff Welfare
Branches:
- Pension and Industrial Relations
- Staff Welfare
Key Functions:
- PenCom enrolment of officers due for retirement.
- Preparation of payments for 1st 28 Days Allowance, repatriation allowances and death benefits.
- Coordinates the Ministry’s Sports Club. Coordinates payment of approved welfare packages to staff in the Ministry and FEQAS offices.
- Coordinates May Day/Workers Day celebration.
- Organises workshops on conflict resolution for Labour Desk and Union officials.
- Provides labour advisory and industrial relations services to the Ministry and its agencies.
- Monitors industrial relations trends within the Ministry.
Divisions: Clinics
Branches:
Key Functions:
- Coordinates and addresses all issues regarding the Federal Unity Colleges’ clinics.
- Procures drugs and other health materials for the clinic.
- Ensures the wellbeing of Ministry staff. Provides health talks and advice to staff.
- Advises on the deployment of nurses and other health personnel.
Divisions: Training and Capacity Building
Branches:
- Capacity Building
- Study Leave (Part/Full Time)
- NYSC/Industrial Training
Key Functions:
- Trains and facilitates the training and re-training of Ministry staff.
- Collates training needs input from departments, units and Federal Unity Colleges.
- Develops the training budget in liaison with the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF).
- Collaborates with OHCSF on training programmes for pool officers at Federal Staff Training Centres.
- Prepares and presents training course proposals for approval by the Ministerial Training Committee (MTC).
Key Services
- Member/Secretary, Committee on Waiver for Recruitment in Federal Tertiary Institutions
- Member/Secretary, Pre-Establishment Committee for Tertiary Institutions
- Ministry’s Representative on the Governing Council of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State
Key Programmes / Projects
- Cascading of the Performance Management System (PMS) to eligible officers at Headquarters
- Conduct of promotion exercises for eligible officers across all levels and cadres
- Conduct of Senior Staff Committee (SSC) sessions to consider 2026 promotions, disciplinary cases, and secondment and transfer issues
- Conduct of the 2026 Annual Staff Verification/Audit
- Payment of 28-Day Allowances, death benefits, repatriation allowances, and other staff welfare matters
- Conduct of relevant training for staff capacity improvement and development
- Investigation of disciplinary matters within the Ministry and its agencies
- Federal Education Sector Games (FEDUGAM)
- Employee Performance Management System
Achievements
- Conduct of SSC and JSC sessions leading to the approval of 2025 Promotion Examinations
- Establishment of a laboratory at the Clinic at Headquarters
- Approval to deploy Medical Doctors from the NYSC scheme to the FME Headquarters Clinic, providing medical service to staff
- Conduct of the 2026 Manpower Budget Defence at the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation
- Conduct of 1st and 2nd Quarter Ministerial Training Committee meetings, leading to approval of Study Leave requests from eligible staff and Corps Members
- Conduct of a sensitisation programme in Federal Unity Colleges on Group Life Insurance Policy and Benefits
- Coordination of the Ministry and its agencies’ participation in the 2026 International Civil Service Week, 20–21 May 2026
FAQs
Images & Media
I wish to change my Next of Kin, how do I go about it? Complete a Change of Next of Kin Form, with the necessary endorsements, and forward it with a written request for Change of Next of Kin.
I am a married woman, can I change my State of Origin to that of my husband? No. Your State of Origin remains that of your parents.
I am a newly deployed officer from another MDA to FME, how do I migrate my salary pay point? Make a written request for migration and attach the following documents: recent payslip, FME ID card, deployment letter to FME, evidence of internal deployment in FME, and a duly certified Assumption of Duty Certificate.
- Assumption of Duty Certificate (for deployed officers)
- Assumption of Duty Certificate (for new officers recruited by the FCSC)
- Change of Next of Kin Form
- APER Form
- Deployment Form
Contact Information
Main Office: Human Resources Management Department, Federal Ministry of Education, Federal Secretariat, Shehu Shagari Way Abuja, Nigeria P.M.B 146, Garki
- Email: hrm@education.gov.ng