The Permanent Secretary, of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Mr. Olusade Adesola says all workers must acquire relevant skills in Information Communications Technology, ICT.
The Permanent Secretary made this known when he addressed budget officers from different Departments and Agencies at an ICT training workshop.
Adesola said, “The ICT training for budget officers was organised to ensure proficiency and quality service delivery.”
He said that “President Bola Tinubu, on the assumption of office, deemed it necessary to reposition our budgeting system and accordingly, a retreat was organised, that was attended by officers responsible for budget preparation and supervision, and FCTA was represented.
“Furthermore, I also shared with them the focus of the administration of FCT on the need to promote performance-based budgeting, rather than the previous initiatives, where we were spread to thin on our projects. Now, we will have fewer projects that will be completed, to deliver on the mandate of the president.”
According to him, “ICT proficiency doesn’t require much, we all have smartphones and they are technology gadgets that we use to send messages, access our accounts, read news online, and much more. We are already ICT compliant but what the administration tries to do is to only provide knowledge in those limited areas and we will continue to do this.”
“I enjoin you to take maximum advantage of this because they will be very useful to us along the line. I want you to bear in mind that, no knowledge is lost. If you don’t need it here, you will need it somewhere. You will need it in your personal life affairs. You will need it even after you have left the service. You will need it in managing your homes,” he stated.
The Director of Budget who double as the Acting Director of Treasury, Mrs. Nanre Emeje, said; “that there’s going to be a personnel audit in the month of November and that personnel audit is going to be digital whereby everybody will be able to upload these details and information.
She called on the workers to take adequate advantage of the opportunity already presented to them by the administration and make the best of it.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
