Are you a civil servant? See what the government is asking for you to get promoted

The Federal Government has ordered all civil servants in the country to develop their computer skills or forget about promotions.

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HoS, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, gave the directive in an interview with journalists in Abuja said it became necessary because the federal government would soon switch from biro-paper examinations to computer-based exams for onward promotions and advancement in the civil service.

She added that any federal civil servant who failed to sharpen his or her skill in computer would not partake in computer-based promotion examinations and charged civil servants to be abreast of latest developments in Information, Technology and Communication (ICT) for office holders.


The HoS stated that the use of computers had been the major vehicle of change in the transition from industrial to information age, adding that computer had made sending of information from one source to the other easier and simpler