The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Walson-Jack, has said that there is no room for computer illiteracy in modern civil service and that computer literacy is very important 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 not computer literate in the nation’s civil service.
“For public servants to be relevant in today’s civil service under the digitisation program, you must be computer literate,’’ she said.
The head of Civil Service of the Federation further said 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.
Walson-Jack, represented by the permanent secretary of the Common Services Office in the office of the HOCSF, Mr Raymond Omachi, 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 officers, and that the reason behind the initiative was to make the exercise transparent.
The head of Civil Service of the Federation thanked JAMB for the seamless exercise, “From what we have seen, I think the process is seamless. I have been told that everything is going well.’’
Acting director of Information Technology Services JAMB, Mrs Funmilola B-Usman, who represented the board, described the initiative as great.
She expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the candidates at the examination halls.
“It is great and surprising that the candidates are in tune with the system. Their attitude and posture portrayed that they are ready for the exercise, which is exactly what we are seeing now,’’ she said.