The new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HOCSF, Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, has stressed the importance of computer literacy among civil servants.
Walson-Jack made this statement in Abuja while supervising the Confirmatory Promotional Examination, COMPRO, conducted for public servants in 45 centres nationwide,
She tasked public servants to acquire computer knowledge, to be fit for the new civil service operations, stressing that there is no place for those who are not computer literate in the nation’s civil service.
“For public servants to be relevant in today’s civil service under the digitization program, you must be computer literate,’’ she said.
Walson-Jack disclosed that the federal government is transforming the service to meet global standards adding that civil servants who are yet to know computers must do so.
Represented by Mr Raymond Omachi, Permanent Secretary Common Services Office, in the office of the HOCSF, Walson-Jack said the examination was conducted for 12, 444 candidates nationwide.
She said the examination, conducted in collaboration with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, was written by newly appointed officers across public service including para-military.
Walson-Jack said the reason behind the initiative was to make the exercise transparent.
“From what we have seen, I think the process is seamless, I have been told that everything is going well,’’ she said
She thanked JAMB for the seamless exercise.
Acting Director Information Technology Services JAMB, Mrs Funmilola B-Usman, who represented the board, described the initiative as a “great one’’.
She expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the candidates at the examination halls.
“It is great and surprising that the candidates are actually in tune with the system.
“Their attitude and posture portrayed that they are very ready for the exercise and that’s exactly what we are seeing now,‘’ she said
