President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of Civil Service Commission for the Federal Capital Territory to allow career progression for civil servants in the FCT Administration.
The Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, made this disclosure during a chat with newsmen in Abuja on Friday.
Wike said in 2018, the National Assembly passed a Bill for the establishment of CSC for the FCT and was assented to by the then acting President Yemi Osibanjo.
He said that the civil servants in the FCTA had lost hope as directors in the administration could not get to the peak of their careers because there was no CSC.
The FCT minister said that the law for the creation of the commission had been signed but nobody wanted to implement it for different reasons.
He pointed out that while some were afraid of what others would say, others felt the development would reduce their power and influence.
Wike said that he was not aware of the existence of the law until recently.
“So, I wrote a Memo to Mr President. I say, you have a renewed hope agenda; civil servants in FCT are suffering; they have lost hope.
“They are not committed to work. Why should I be working because at the end of the day, I can’t get to the apex of my career. As such, we must implement that 2018 law as passed by the National Assembly.
“If there are challenges, of course there is no law that is perfect. You can only know the challenges when you start implementing.
“So, let’s implement, whatever the challenges are, then we can begin to talk of how we can amend it
“I can tell you authoritatively that Mr President has given the approval for the establishment of Civil Service Commission for the FCTA,” he said.
