1, 917 civil servants pass directorate level exams

Ayo stated this at a press briefing in Abuja where she pointed out that a total of 3, 273 wrote the examination. She said those who passed have already been promoted, stressing that the exercise would be conducted annually to discourage stagnation in the civil service.Candidates were drawn from the administrative officers’ pool of the […]

Ayo stated this at a press briefing in Abuja where she pointed out that a total of 3, 273 wrote the examination. She said those who passed have already been promoted, stressing that the exercise would be conducted annually to discourage stagnation in the civil service.
Candidates were drawn from the administrative officers’ pool of the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, foreign affairs ministry, office of the Accountant General, Auditor General and Surveyor General of the federation and professionals in other agencies of government as well as state counsels in the ministry of justice.
The FCSC chairman said that Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Nigeria Institute of Management along with proven retired and serving officers served as resource persons to set and mark the “professional questions, while FCSC commissioners set and marked the civil service and current affairs questions.”
She stated that to maintain the integrity of the process, strict measures were employed including the introduction of biometric accreditation by the Department of State Security, customized answer sheets, invitation of the police, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission and the National Security and Civil Defence Corps for monitoring.