The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, HoS, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, has charged civil servants who are office holders, to be conversant with the latest developments in Information, Technology and Communication, ICT.

Oyo-Ita gave the order in an interview with journalists in Abuja shortly after she rewarded 12 civil servants for their punctuality and commitment to work.

She ordered civil servants in the country to develop computer skills or forfeit their promotions.


According to her, any federal civil servant who fails to sharpen his or her skill in computer would not partake in computer-based promotion examinations as the Federal Government would soon switch from biro-to-paper examinations to computer-based exams for onward promotions and advancement in the civil service.

The HoS noted that the use of computers had been the major vehicle of change in the transition from industrial to information age, adding that automation of information activities in office had changed the nature of office work and had highly affected the activities of knowledge on workers.

“I decide to shift from the impunity of lateness to work to punctuality and commitment to work in order to serve as encouragement to others and also spur some others to improve on their attitude to work.

“Computer has made sending of information from one source to the other easier and simpler.


“It has become an indispensable tool for individual and national empowerment, improvement, development and actualization of service,” the HoS added.

Sowhizy:
Developing d skills is not a problem. The Fed. govt shld create free training centers or are they looking for reasons to sack workers for no cause?

amtaken:
Is Buhari computer literate?

Is he even book literate?

Godfullsam:



Must you include Buhari in every comment?

Grow up pls

WatchdogNews:
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 has become 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

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amtaken:
Is Buhari computer literate?

Is he even book literate?

Akious2k2:

U were d 1st 2 comment & dis is d best u could give... Are u an illiterate Civil servant who is scared of d development? Go 2 private companies & tell ur MD/CEO same thing if he brings dis new development 2 d company & c what's going 2 happen... SMH

jericco1:
I thought they were joking

amtaken:
Is Buhari computer literate?

Is he even book literate?

amtaken:
That does not answer my questions.

Akious2k2:


4 d records, c below
Military career[edit]
Buhari joined the Nigerian Army by enrolling in the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) in 1961. In February 1964, the college was upgraded to an officer commissioning unit of the Nigerian Army and renamed the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) (prior to 1964, the Nigerian government sent cadets who had completed their NMTC preliminary training to mostly Commonwealth military academies [12][13][14] for officer cadet training). From 1962 to 1963, Buhari underwent officer cadet training at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot in England.
In January 1963, Buhari was commissioned a second lieutenant, and appointed Platoon Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion in Abeokuta, Nigeria. From November 1963 to January 1964, Buhari attended the Platoon Commanders’ Course at the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna. In 1964, he facilitated his military training by attending the Mechanical Transport Officer’s Course at the Army Mechanical Transport School in Borden, United Kingdom.
Buhari served as the Assistant Adjutant-General, First Infantry Division Headquarters, from 1971 to 1972. He also attended the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India, in 1973.[15]
From 1979 to 1980, at the rank of colonel, Buhari (class of 1980) attended the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in the United States, and gained a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies.[17][18] Upon completion of the on-campus full-time resident program lasting ten months and the two-year-long, distance learning program, the United States Army War College (USAWC) college awards its graduate officers a master's degree in Strategic Studies.

amtaken:
Where are the certificates?