FCSC unveils 2026–2030 strategic plan, targets digital transformation of civil service

The chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Professor Tunji Olaopa, has unveiled plans to consolidate ongoing reforms and strengthen the capability of the fee by way of a five-year strategic plan overlaying 2026 to 2030.

Olaopa stated the strategic plan would supply a framework for strengthening the fee’s institutional capability and supporting the federal authorities’s governance and nationwide improvement goals.

He acknowledged this whereas delivering an tackle on the forty fifth National Council and Annual Conference of the Civil Service Commissions of the Federation held in Asaba, Delta state.

The convention additionally supplied a chance to evaluate the efficiency of the tenth Federal Civil Service Commission in its third yr, assessment achievements, determine excellent reform priorities and consolidate its institutional transformation forward of the expiration of its first tenure in 2028.

The FCSC chairman acknowledged the necessity for the civil service to reposition itself as a strategic companion in nationwide improvement slightly than stay a traditional administrative establishment.

Highlighting the achievements of the tenth fee within the final three years, Olaopa recognized the introduction of on-line recruitment and technology-driven promotion processes as main milestones.

He stated the fee launched an internet recruitment course of for the primary time in practically 4 many years, deploying Computer-Based Testing (CBT) to make sure merit-based choice, improve transparency and make recruitment extra handy, cost-effective and safe.

He additionally acknowledged that the fee had established a extra managed and clear service-wide and directorate-level promotion system, incorporating on-line accreditation and CBT to minimise undue affect, manipulation and racketeering.