Tinubu Appoints Olaopa, Godwins, 10 Others As Chairman, Members Of FCSC

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Prof. Tunji Olaopa as Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC).
The president also appointed the immediate past Head of Service of Rivers State, Barrister Rufus Godwins, as member representing Rivers, Delta, and Bayelsa states on the commission.
This is even as the president also named 10 others as members of the Federal Civil Service Commission.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, last Friday.
Other members of the commission include Dr. Daudu Ibrahim Jalo (member (representing Adamawa, Gombe, Taraba), Ms. Gekpe Grace Isu (member representing Akwa Ibom, Cross River), Dr. Chamberlain Nwele (member representing Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu), Dr. Adamu Hussein (member (representing Niger, FCT), Mr. Aminu Nabegu (member representing Jigawa, Kano) and Ms. Hindatu Abdullahi (member representing Kaduna, Katsina).
Others are Mr. Shehu Aliyu (member representing Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara), Ms. Odekunle Rukiyat Aduke (member (representing Kogi, Kwara), Mr. Jide Jimoh (member representing Lagos, Ogun) and Dr. Festus Oyebade (member (representing Osun, Oyo).
The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Senate.
The statement said that the commission is “one of fourteen Federal Executive Bodies into which Section 154 of the Nigerian Constitution (1999, Amended) empowers the President to appoint its Chairman and members”.
It added that “Upon confirmation, the new FCSC leadership is expected to commence work with effect from November 30, 2023, following the expiration of tenure of the current Federal Civil Service Commission chairman and membership on November 29, 2023.
“The President anticipates that the new FCSC leadership will competently facilitate the transformation, reorientation, and digitization of the Federal Bureaucracy to enable, and not stifle, growth and enhanced private sector participation in the development of the Nigerian economy, in full adherence to the Renewed Hope Agenda of his administration”.