Wike Inaugurates FCT Civil Service Commission, Warns Against Incompetence, Disloyalty

By: Wisdom Acka

Forty Seven years after creation, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has finally gotten a Civil Service Commission.

This is as the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, Monday, inaugurated a wide range of FCTA officials at the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) Conference Hall, Central Business District, Abuja.

Wike, while speaking during the swearing-in stated that President Bola Tinubu, has shown great leadership by bringing the FCT Civil Service Commission (Establishment) Act, 2018 into fruition.

Describing the event as “a memorable day”, the Minister stated that “all our dreams have come to materialize”; urging the people to thank President Bola Tinubu for transforming the Territory.

The Minister recalled: “Prior to this period, it was difficult for any staff of the FCTA to become a Permanent Secretary.

“Today, His Excellency, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, has made it possible for you to get to the peak of your career.”

Among those sworn-in include the newly appointed Chief of Staff, Chidi Amadi, Chairman, FCT Civil Service Commission, Engr. Emeka Eze and six Commissioners, representing each geopolitical zones of Nigeria.

Others also inaugurated were FCT Head of Service, Udo Samuel Atang, and ten Permanent Secretaries chosen from Directors of the FCT Administration.

The Minister warned the new appointees be loyal to the President and committed to duty; adding that they would be sent packing if they perform below expectations and indulge in delaying of files.

“You have been fighting for this for long and never knew it will be this time, so if someone has taken the pains to do this… you owe Mr. President to perform and total loyalty, not 99 percent.”

He noted that it was the first time the FCT Administration was taking development to the Area Councils; revealing that the President has directed him and the Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, to provide infrastructure to the Councils as much as they were providing in the city centre.

Wike tasked whoever would be posted to Satellite Towns Development Department to ensure effective supervision of what’s happening at the Councils.

To the new Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, Felix Amaechi Obuah, the Minister tasked him to ensure proper fucntioning of street lights, sanitation and standardization of public buildings.

The Minister called on the Permanent Secretaries to cooperate with the Mandate Secretaries; saying there was no need struggling over seniority, harping on the need for team work because it was the only way to success.

Wike reaffirmed the determination of his Administration to further improving security of lives and property; saying huge infrastructural provision was ongoing, expressing resolve to transform FCT schools, especially in the Councils as soon as budget was passed.

The Minister disclosed that posting of the Permanent Secretaries had already been done.

Oaths of office on the new officials was administered by the Chief Judge of the FCT, Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, who was represented by Justice Sylvanus Oriji.