The General Services Department came into existence as a result of the restructuring of agencies and service programmes within Institutions and Organs of the Federal Government.
This exercise culminated in the service-wide establishment of the two additional Departments in March 2014 vides’ circular Ref. No. HCSF/CMO/EM/243/17.
In its basic structural set-up, the Department operates two Divisions with the following core mandates:
- General Services Division: Transport Administration; Store Management; Security and other special assignments.
- Maintenance Division: Facility Management; Maintenance Services; Office Allocation; Utility Services and other special assignments.
FUNCTIONS
In line with the mandate, the General Services Department carries out the following responsibilities:
- Provision of all re-current and capital items needed in the Ministry.
- Maintenance and repairs of all faults related with electrical, mechanical, structural and infrastructure within the office environment.
- Facility maintenance: repairs, upgrade, refurbishment, etc.
- Monitoring, maintenance, servicing and fueling of the Ministry’s fleet of vehicles.
- Store/inventory management and control, warehouse, commodity tracking.
- Handling of logistics/transportation and utility service delivery.
- Security matters.
