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Analyze the question: The question asks which group of officials or matters falls under the Public Service Commission (PSC). This tests your knowledge of the functions of Nigeria's civil service bodies.

Explain the concept: The Public Service Commission is a body established by the Constitution. Its main job is to appoint, promote, and discipline (including dismissing) civil servants. In the Federal Civil Service, this covers the senior positions in ministries, such as Permanent Secretaries (the topmost career civil servants in a ministry). Other bodies handle their own areas:

• Police Service Commission: the police force
• Federal Judicial Service Commission / National Judicial Council: judges, including Supreme Court judges
• Federal Civil Service Commission: ministry civil servants
• Federal Character Commission: fair representation in appointments
• Ambassadors: appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
• Customs: the Controller-General is appointed by the President (the Customs, Immigration and Prisons Service Board oversees that service)

Step-by-step elimination:

• A. Ambassadors: Presidential appointments confirmed by the Senate. Not PSC. ❌
• B. Controller-General of Customs: Presidential appointment, and the service is under its own board. ❌
• C. Permanent Secretaries of ministries: These are career civil servants, and the Civil/Public Service Commission handles their appointment, promotion, and discipline. ✔
• D. Police force: Police Service Commission. ❌
• E. Supreme Court judges: Judicial Service Commission/NJC. ❌

Answer: Option C, Permanent secretaries of ministries (the question's "ministers" is evidently a typo for "ministries").

Tip: Match each commission to its group. "Public/Civil Service" means civil servants and permanent secretaries, "Police Service" means the police, "Judicial Service" means judges. If the name of the body matches the group, that is your answer.