The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Civil Service Commission Tuesday said 915 workers, mostly at directorate cadre, have been cleared for a computer-based promotion examination.
The commission said the participants, drawn from the Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB), Secondary Education Board (SEB), Education Secretariat and other departments and agencies, would have to prove their qualifications for the next level through the examination.
Chairman of the commission, Emeka Eze, noted that the computer-based examination was introduced to ensure that those who would move to substantive positions as directors are well qualified to face modern technology-driven challenges associated with the work.
Eze also stated that the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, who created the commission with the approval of President Bola Tinubu, wanted to resolve the backlog of promotions that have been pending for many years.
While he stated that the verification exercise to determine the workforce of the FCT was yet to be completed, he also said the commission encountered too many falsification of age in the service records.
He said workers who were caught in the web age falsification were asked to retire from the service.
He said: “We started by doing, first and foremost, a verification exercise to establish the number of workforce in FCT. And having almost finished that, the next level is to clear the backlog of promotions over the years.
“When Mr. Minister came on board, there was a backlog of outstanding promotions, to the extent that by 2023, when he came, he cleared all the backlogs of promotions dating back up to 2019, up to the level of deputy directors.
“And as part of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration, we needed to introduce technology to avoid, first of all, the possibility of interference and pressures. And so, we will be the first commission to introduce CBT tests in Nigeria.”