Copy of the Public Service Rules (2008 Edition).
Click to download a copy of the Public Service Rules (2008 Edition).
The Public Service Rules (2008 Edition) were released under the A. I. Pepple, CFR’s tenure as the Head of Service of the Federation.
The Edition of the Rules was graced with a foreword from His Excellency Umar Musa Yar’adua, the then President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Click to download a copy of the Public Service Rules (2008 Edition).
The Public Service Rules (PSR) provide the operational framework, the regulatory principles, and a charter of rights, privileges, and duties of all public servants while detailing what sanctions erring conduct could attract.
The 2008 Edition of the Rules was gazetted on the 25th of August 2009.
The following should be taken into account while going through these Rules:
1. Method of Numbering;
Each rule has been given a number containing six digits. The first two indicate the Chapter; the next two, the Section; and the last two, the Rule Number.
2. Arrangement of Chapters, Sections, and Rules:There are sixteen (16) Chapters arranged as listed in the Table of Contents. Under each chapter is written the Sections ranging from 01-09. At the right-hand comer, the titles of the rules are indicated. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, the Index at the back contains the list of topics with their corresponding rule numbers.
3. Amendments; Further amendments to these Rules shall be made through Circulars, which will be issued from time to time.
4. Review of the Public Service Rules is to be reviewed every five years to update the provisions of the rules.
Click to download a copy of the Public Service Rules (2008 Edition).
Please note that in 2021, the Public Service Rules (2008 Edition) was revised. While the 2008 edition has 16 chapters, the 2021 edition has 17 chapters.
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