Prof. Tunji Olaopa
25 Nov
Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Prof. Tunji Olaopa, will today, deliver the keynote speech as the National Council of Civil Service Commissions of the Federation begins a conference in Katsina State.
22 Nov
Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission, Prof. Tunji Olaopa, yesterday, offered insight into why the civil service era of great public administrators like the late Simeon Adebo and Theophilus Adeleke Akinyele was immensely successful.
22 Aug
Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Prof Tunji Olaopa, has given insight into how to transform the country’s civil service to make it contribute significantly to good governance.
8 Aug
Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Prof. Tunji Olaopa, is seeking the collaboration of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM) in the transformation efforts of Nigeria’s civil service.
3 Aug
The Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission, Prof. Tunji Olaopa, on Thursday, advocated giving a governance role to monarchs as he joined former President Olusegun Obasanjo and others to pay tributes to the Olowu of Owu, his Royal Majesty Oba Saka Matemilola.
12 Jun 2024
Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Prof. Tunji Olaopa, yesterday, outlined some measures to develop the nation’s economy.
22 May 2024
Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission, Prof Tunji Olaopa, has called for the scrapping of the Higher National Diploma (HND) awarded by polytechnics.
15 May 2024
Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission, Prof. Tunji Olaopa, yesterday, decried the education system that produces certificates without skills, even as he expressed support for the Federal Government's approval of the NCE-B.Ed. certificate model for colleges of education. Olaopa, who was the Chairman of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) 2024 National Conference on…
15 May 2024
Council of Retired Federal Permanent Secretaries (CORFEPS) has stressed the training and retraining of civil servants for effective service delivery and realisation of the government’s targets and objectives.
7 Mar 2024
Retired permanent secretaries have expressed displeasure over observed deteriorating competence in the Federal Civil Service, where recruitment and promotions, according to them, are now based on political, ethnic and religious affiliations.
29 Feb 2024
Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission ((FCSC) , Prof. Tunji Olaopa, yesterday, lamented that the federal civil service has been degraded to such an extent that people applying to join it do so for other reasons than the desire for professionalism.
26 Feb 2024
Nigeria is currently faced with a developmental crisis that needs not only the input of political leaders to overcome but also contributions by economists, the Chairman of Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Prof Tunji Olaopa, has said. Olaopa spoke at the weekend during a courtesy visit to his office by top officials of Nigerian Economic Society…
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