666 applicants were interviewed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) for promotion to the level of Director in its civil service across 18 different cadres.
The impacted candidates—all deputy directors who have been waiting for promotions since last year—went through a screening process, a written test, and an oral interview to determine their suitability for the directorship.
Administrative officers, account officers, and commercial officers are just a few of the numerous cadres whose positions need to be filled by the candidates.
Others include officers in the fields of engineering, social welfare, and education.
A total of 731 officers participated in the screening process, which was held in the FCT Archives and History Bureau in December 2021.
After the screening procedure, the committee learned that five of the applicants were not permitted to proceed to the next round.
The 726 candidates who performed well in the screening process were forwarded to the Public Service Institute of Nigeria for pre-training in preparation for the exam and to learn better ways to manage administrative tasks in the Federal Capital Territory.
According to Muhammad Bashir, the FCT's Director of Human Resource Management, the department implemented these procedures to make sure that equity, justice, and fairness were prioritised in all of its operations.
Bashir explained that all the candidates due for the promotion were invited and subjected to all these processes; adding, “equal opportunity was given to all qualified candidates.”
According to him, the FCT Administration has taken all these steps to ascertain that all the in-house training undergone by the officers in the past was properly assimilated.