Presidency

Tinubu appoints Tunji Olaopa as Federal Civil Service Commission chair, 11 others

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Prof. Tunji Olaopa as the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), subject to the confirmation of the Senate.

Tinubu also appointed 11 others to constitute a new leadership team of the FCSC.

Those appointed by the president are Dr. Daudu Ibrahim Jalo — Member (Representing Adamawa | Gombe | Taraba); Gekpe Grace Isu — Member (Representing Akwa Ibom | Cross River); Dr. Chamberlain Nwele — Member (Representing Anambra | Ebonyi | Enugu); Rufus N. Godwins — Member (Representing Rivers | Delta | Bayelsa); and Dr. Adamu Hussein — Member (Representing Niger | FCT).

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Others include Aminu Nabegu — Member (Representing Jigawa | Kano); Hindatu Abdullahi — Member (Representing Kaduna | Katsina); Shehu Aliyu — Member (Representing Kebbi | Sokoto | Zamfara); Odekunle Rukiyat Aduke — Member (Representing Kogi | Kwara); Jide Jimoh — Member (Representing Lagos | Ogun); and Dr. Festus Oyebade — Member (Representing Osun | Oyo).

Upon confirmation, the new FCSC leadership is expected to commence work with effect from November 30, 2023, following the expiration of tenure of the current Federal Civil Service Commission Chairman and membership on November 29.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, who made this known via a statement issued on Friday, October 27, noted that President Tinubu “anticipates that the new FCSC leadership will competently facilitate the transformation, reorientation, and digitization of the Federal Bureaucracy to enable, and not stifle, growth and enhanced private sector participation in the development of the Nigerian economy, in full adherence to the Renewed Hope Agenda of his administration.”

The Star

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