FCTA Promotes 49 Deputy Administrators

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has promoted 49 Deputy Administrators to the place of Director in varied departments, shifting from Grade Stage 16 to 17.

This was consequent upon the approval of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, on the discharge of the results of the first-ever Pc Based mostly Promotion examination held on the Nationwide Open College, Duste-Alhaji Research centre, in Bwari Space Council, on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.

The promotion examination was carried out to clear the backlog of promotion arrears of 2023 to 2025, for employees on grade degree 16.

An announcement on Tuesday by the Senior Particular Assistant on Public Communications and Social to the FCT Minister, Lere Olayinka, quoted the chairman of the FCT Civil Service Fee, Emeka Eze, as saying that the promoted deputy administrators will fill 49 of the 63 vacancies declared in varied departments.

Out of the 49 promoted, Schooling Officer Cadre had the very best of 20, adopted by Accountant Cadre that had 9.

Whereas Civil Engineer, Social Welfare, Tourism, Fisheries, and Medical Officers Cadres had one emptiness and one eligible officer every, the Schooling Officer cadre had 820 eligible officers for 20 vacancies whereas Admin had 12 eligible officers for 10 vacancies.

Recall that to make sure transparency and a promotion train devoid of any type of strain and affect, the FCT Minister directed the Civil Service Fee to undertake probably the most technology-driven methodology within the conduct of the promotion examination.

The Minister consequently authorized the Civil Service Fee’s request to undertake Pc Based mostly Check (CBT) mannequin for the conduct of promotion train, and to be able to make the examination utterly CBT mannequin criticism and cut back delays related to the discharge of examination outcomes, the fee’s Board of examiner set minimal of 60 p.c as move mark.