Wike’s FCTA promotes 49 deputy directors

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has elevated 49 deputy directors to the rank of director, moving them from Grade Level 16 to 17.

The milestone promotion followed the approval of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, who recently authorized the release of results from the administration’s first-ever computer-based promotion examination.

The exam, which took place on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at the National Open University, Duste-Alhaji Study Centre in Bwari Area Council, marked a new chapter in the FCTA’s approach to career progression.

According to officials, the exercise was introduced to address a backlog of pending promotions from 2023 to 2025, particularly for staff members who had been on Grade Level 16.

In a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday, Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, quoted the Chairman of the FCT Civil Service Commission, Emeka Eze, as saying that the promoted deputy directors will fill 49 of the 63 vacancies declared in various departments.

Out of the 49 promoted, the Education Officer Cadre had the highest of 20, followed by the Accountant Cadre, which had nine.

While Civil Engineer, Social Welfare, Tourism, Fisheries, and Medical Officers Cadres had one vacancy and one eligible officer each, the Education Officer cadre had 820 eligible officers for 20 vacancies, while Admin had 12 eligible officers for 10 vacancies.

It would be recalled that to ensure transparency and a promotion exercise devoid of any form of pressure and influence, the FCT Minister directed the Civil Service Commission to adopt the most technology-driven methodology in the conduct of the promotion examination.

The Minister consequently approved the Civil Service Commission’s request to adopt the Computer-Based Test (CBT) model for the conduct of promotion exercise, and to make the examination completely CBT model-compliant and reduce delays associated with the release of examination results, the commission’s Board of Examiners set a minimum of 60 per cent as the pass mark.