By Daniel Tyokua
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Olusade Adesola has called for the review of Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory Dissolution Order No. 1, 2004, popularly known as ‘Order 1’ to address the administrative bottlenecks.
Recall that part of major reforms by the Executive Order I of 2004, was the dissolution of the defunct Ministry of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the creation of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on December 31st , 2004.
The significant reform was the provision for the establishment of FCT Civil Service Commission, among other reforms.
He stated this during an event organised in honour of Senior Special Assistants on Media and Strategic Communication; Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the Minister of FCT; and Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of state for FCT, Abubakar Sani, Attah Ikharo and Austine Elemue, yesterday.
Adesola noted that though the implementation of the Order was “desirable and expedient, it did not cater for the career of the civil servants element, who should be the largest beneficiaries of it”.
He also bemoaned Order 1 for making the Secretary of the FCTA Secretariat a legal adviser between levels 10 and 12, meaning that the Directors in the offices would have to be reporting to the Mandate Secretary as the chief accounting officer, through a Sub-ordinate colleague, which is a disservice to them. he decried.
*The order 1, 2004, that withdrew us from the mainstream service and benched us in this system did not do anything to look at what will be the future career of civil servants in the FCT.
“What this speaks to is that the conversation on Order 1, 2004 is just beginning. We need to sit down to review this Order particularly as it concerns the civil servants”.
The Permanent Secretary also noted that establishment of the FCT Civil Service Commission can not bridge the gap, adding that a Commission has its functions different from those of the offices of the Permanent Secretary and department of Human Resource Management.
