ICT skills now compulsory for FCTA workers- Adesola declares

By Stanley Onyekwere

To ensure proficiency and quality service delivery, the Administration has declared that it is compulsory for all its workers to acquire relevant skills in Information Communications Technology( ICT).

This was disclosed by the FCTA’s Permanent Secretary, Olusade Adesola when he addressed budget officers from different Departments and Agencies at a recent ICT training workshop organised for them.

Adesola also shared with them the focus of the FCT administration on the need to promote performance-based budgeting, rather than the previous initiatives, where they were spread to thin on their projects.

He noted that ” President Bola Tinubu, on assumption of office deemed it is necessary to reposition our budgeting system and accordingly, a retreat was organized, that was attended by officers responsible for budget preparation and supervision and FCTA was represented.

” Now, we will have fewer projects that will be completed, in order to deliver on the mandate of the president.

” ICT proficient 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 at 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.”

Also speaking, Director of Budget and Acting Director of Treasury,Mrs. Nanre Emeje, revealed 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 therefore called on the workers to take adequate advantage of the opportunity already presented to them by the administration and make the best from it.