The Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission ( FCSC), Prof. Tunji Olaopa, has disclosed how his company is dedicated to what he recognized because the “rewiring of the organizational brain of the public service to beef up its policy intelligence and institutional intelligence quotient (IQ) of the workforce through its reprofiled new standard operating procedures.”
According to him, having related with the nationwide coverage goal of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to construct a one trillion greenback economic system, the FCSC is decided to deepen meritocracy in recruitment and promotion whereas holding the federal character precept as inviolable.
To him, the FCSC’s latest adoption of e-recruitment and computer-based assessments with vital concession that’s taking the civil service away from annual efficiency analysis report (APER) to KPI and efficiency bonding of high administration is stemming the tide of sharp practices, corruption and politicization . He stated that these measures had been geared toward re-professionalising and restoring competency-based human useful resource administration within the federal civil service.
Olaopa spoke on Tuesday in Asaba, Delta State, when he led federal commissioners on the FCSC and state civil service commissions’ leaders to pay a courtesy go to to the state Governor Sheriff Oboreveori through the 2026 Annual Council of the Civil Service Commissions of the Federation . The governor was represented by his Deputy Monday John Onyeme on the state Government House.
To Olaopa, enhanced institutional intelligence and the reengineering of the civil service backend now being operated inside the framework of efficiency administration and values-rooted parameters are what put together the civil service for high efficiency by aligning with greatest practices globally.
According to him, the brand new managerial orientation is being actualised inside the framework of the implementation of the FCSC strategic plan (2026-2030), a plan that state civil service commissions adopted for nationwide implementation in 2025. Consequently, the National Council of the Civil Service Commissions of the Federation 2025 and 2026 centered on seminal conversations for sharing, studying and benchmarking to get all civil service commissions in Nigeria on board.
Olaopa recommended the Delta State authorities for accepting to host the 2026 council. He famous that he was fascinated by the truth that whereas the 2026 host for the council was nonetheless being thought-about whereas in Umuahia, Abia through the 2025 council, the Delta State authorities provided to host this 12 months’s council. He famous that the state authorities had really made good its promise . He recommended the Chairman of the state civil service fee, Chief Amioku Roseline Eno, for the painstaking efforts she had deployed to organize for the 2026 council.
Turning his consideration to governance in Delta, Olaopa described Oboreveori as a high performer who was reworking the state by way of his MORE agenda . He lauded the federal government for prioritising the welfare of civil servants.
Responding, Onyeme stated that he was completely happy that Olaopa allowed the council to be hosted in Asaba According to him, in step with the slogan of the state, “Delta no dey carry last”, civil servants in Delta usually are not solely properly educated and re-trained, they’re properly remunerated. He urged Olaopa to encourage different states to emulate Delta on this regard so as to align their civil servants with fast-paced developments on the planet.
