More than 8,000 employees of the Federal Capital Territory Administration are heading into a decisive week as the administration commences a fresh round of promotion assessments powered entirely by computer-based testing.
The chairman of the FCT Civil Service Commission, Emeka Ezeh, confirmed the development on Sunday, explaining that candidates were drawn from 165 professional cadres across the administration.
He described the exercise as “a significant push toward a fully modernised promotion system.”
The exams will run from Tuesday through Saturday at the National Open University Centre along Kubwa Road in Abuja, marking one of the largest computer-driven promotion screenings ever conducted by the FCTA.
Ezeh said the decision to fast-track the 2024 promotion cycle came after the FCT Minister endorsed the commission’s request to complete the process without delays.
According to him, the use of digital assessment tools is no longer an experiment for the administration but an institutional direction.
In his words, “Switching completely to computer-based testing strengthens transparency, reduces human interference, and builds staff confidence in the system.”
He noted that the current leadership under Nyesom Wike had already placed the administration ahead of other public institutions by adopting CBT as its official examination method.
Earlier in August, the minister approved the elevation of 49 directors who excelled in a similar digital assessment.
Ezeh added that this week’s exercise is designed to reinforce that transition, signalling what he described as “a new era of merit-driven advancement within the FCTA.”
The rollout of the exams underscores a broader shift toward digitisation within Nigeria’s public sector, a shift many civil service analysts say is long overdue and likely to influence other agencies in the months ahead.