No place for computer illiteracy in civil service — Walson-Jack

Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, the new Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), says there is no place for those who are not computer-literate in the nation’s civil service.

Walson-Jack stated this on Wednesday in Abuja, while supervising Confirmatory Promotional Examination (COMPRO), conducted for public servants in 45 centres nationwide.

She tasked public servants to acquire computer knowledge, so as to fit for the new civil service operations.

“For public servants to be relevant in today’s civil service under the digitisation programme, you must be computer-literate,’’ she said.

Walson-Jack disclosed that the Federal Government was transforming the service to meet global standards, adding that civil servants who were yet to have knowledge of computer must do so.

Represented by Mr Raymond Omachi, Permanent Secretary, Common Services Office, in the HOCSF office, 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 the public service, including paramilitary.

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.

Mrs Funmilola B-Usman, Acting Director, Information Technology Services at JAMB, who represented the board, described the initiative as a “great one’’.

She expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the candidates in 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 were very ready for the exercise, and that’s exactly what we are seeing now,” she said.