By Pius Awunah
The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) has announced that workers who absconded from service have been removed from its staff records.
This coincides its vow to sustain the Computer-Based Test(CBT) for promotion it started for its workforce.
The Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Civil Service Commission, Engr. Emeka Eze disclosed this last week at the venue of another round of CBT it conducted for over 8,000 workers across all cadres of employees.
He said, “Some people are not really ghosts, but they have absconded from duty, and if you absconded from duty, it means that you are no longer working,” Eze warned.
Eze noted that the essence of the CBT for workers, scheduled to run through five days in batches, is to ensure that all workers have the skills and efficiency required for modern service delivery.
According to him, the administration had invested heavily on ICT training for workers and had maximum expectations from them in performance and service delivery.
While he appealed to the minister to consider setting up a CBT centre that will be wholly owned by the FCT, he stated that the glitches recorded during the test would be addressed.
Also speaking, the acting Head of Service for FCTA, Nancy Sabanti-Nathan, disclosed that the CBT has come to stay for workers, noting that more training would be carried out to ensure that every employee is abreast with all modern innovation and technology.
She acknowledged that participants of the CBT have experienced some challenges but assured that all of them shall be holistically addressed.
“And on your question whether it has come to stay, yes, it has come to stay.
“Challenges are always there with us, but we always find a way around them,” she said.
