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NBBF: Ejike Ugboaja, Gumut misguided. Leave the Ministry out

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The recent media attack and misinformation aimed at blackmailing the Ministry by some players viewed against the backdrop of Nigeria’s recent ban from the lucrative basketball league Africa is very sad and unacceptable. One begins to wonder what the interest of these players is. Why do they think the Ministry should take sides?

Since September the Ministry has worked hard to resolve the NBBF issue to no avail. Ministry even suspended the October 30 election. FIBA stepped with a stern warning and a series of letters to the Ministry and the Minister.

It frowned at government interference and warned of a ban. We managed to escape one, thanks to the dexterity of the Ministry. We made it to Angola. 


Ministry has since heeded FIBA advice clearly stated in letters that are already in the Public domain. The Reconciliation Committee report recommended toying the FIBA Line and having the congress make final decisions, not the ministry. 


Ugboaja and Gumut need to answer some questions and desist from their ruinous and destructive path. Why did he not stop his own election and that of the technical representative? Is he not representing the players Union on the Board? Or has anyone stopped him? 


What about the yearly leagues in divisions one and two, that Kida got title sponsors for? Who took the Kwesse Premier League to the court that stopped Kida from organizing? The court threatened Kida with arrest for contempt of court for trying to cut corners to do the premier league with his own money and tagged it “the president cup”.

Immediately the court dismissed their case, Kida again raised money to do the Premier league up to the last 8, before it was high jacked and run by the Ministry that now caused Nigeria to be banned by FIBA from BAL. He said only 2 tournaments, The nation’s cup, and the Olympics. 


Do you just enter into these tournaments without playing the qualifiers? Which are in numerous phases! You can see the numerous events Nigeria attended that Patrick posted above. Not to talk of referred development programmed and others, so many programs at the zonal level that were carried out by Kida without sponsorships! 


You can see that Gumut is just talking out of pure hatred for Kida’s tenacity and drive to move basketball forward. If he does not want elections on the other constituencies, tell him to write to the ministry that he has resigned from the Board and let every other elected member do the same. You can’t be happy that you won your elections and you don’t want other constituencies to have the same privilege. 


More so, has anyone stopped them from picking forms that are free to contest? The forms are free. Everyone is free to contest for any position, including the president. Except for presidents that have served two terms as prescribed by the statutes! All of them making noise, how many of them are delegates? Which constituency do they represent?


When Buhari was contesting, was it everybody that liked Buhari? So because some people did not like him, INEC should not conduct elections? Their actions portray them as illiterate that don’t even know what they are doing! They are just being misled like cows! If Kida wants to organize a match, will Abuja contain the people that will come! But you can not. Shave like them, that is why he refused to do what they are doing. 


Kida is busy campaigning to win over voters with his scorecards, while they are busy printing T-Shirts and spreading falsehood! They should first study the constitution ( statutes) that they were a part of its production with FIBA, NOC, and the FMY&SD’s heavy involvement. Kida did not manufacture it in his bedroom.

It was a result of Congress’s decisions that they were a part of! 
Gumut should have asked his state chairman why he agreed for the statutes to be passed, and which part of the statutes shortchanged him as a player.

Is it not the same statutes that got him elected as Player’s rep? Why did he not turn it down! Sometimes, I truly wonder how some people’s selfishness, foolishness, and utter stupidity are so glaringly displayed to a point of public bemusement!

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Upcoming 2024 Promotion examination exercise will be on Computer Based Test (CBT) -Prof. Olaopa

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—-says wage and compensation dimension of meritocracy must be addressed in civil service

Joel Ajayi

In his effort to scale-up the ongoing reform in the Commission and the necessity to achieve his objectives in the Federal Civil Service; the Chairman, Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Prof. Tunji Olaopa has said that the Commission’s 2024 Promotion examination exercise will be on Computer Based Test (CBT) in line with the modernization and digitization program in the Federal Civil Service. He also said that restoring competency based HR practice and merit system in civil service will be meaningless if the intended reforms fail to address the wage and compensation dimension of meritocracy.

Olaopa who stated this on Thursday at the maiden Federal Civil Service Commission’s Monthly-Seminar Series for officers on grade levels 14 and above; opined that his numerous engagements with the Chairman, National Income, Salary and Wages Commission whose insights were re-assuring and solution context was important in the Commission’s reform agenda.

The event which gave the Hon. Commissioners and Management Staff opportunities to express their view witnessed Commission’s Director of Promotion; Mr. Sani B. Torankawa presented a Seminar-paper tagged: “Institutional framework and procedures for the conduct of Directorate level Promotion Examination: Guaranteeing Integrity, Credibility Transparency and Accountability”.

Chairman in his opening speech disclosed that the objective of the maiden-monthly-seminar series was designed to institute a seminar-space and learning-lab for federal officers. He added that the seminar was one of avenues the Commission deepens the sharing and learning of key reform issues and benchmarking in Nigeria.

He said the Commission will transit through the upcoming 2024 Promotion examination exercise from analogue to Computer Based Test (CBT) in tandem with the modernization and digitization of Federal Civil Service core operations.

Reeling out how the digitization is going to be implemented, Olaopa said the Commission will roll out an online-recruitment portal that will be accessible to all Nigerians and which will allow eligible candidates to pre-fill recruitment form and update them from time to time in preparation for the placement of adverts for recruitment into the public service and to the Federal service and in preparation for assessment and interview.

The Chairman revealed that henceforth eligible candidate will undergo computer based test and oral interview with result collated and released real-time.

He further revealed that the Commission was going into out-sourcing contract with National Open University and by extension with Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) both as technical partners with a view to take advantage of their infrastructure, networks and experience for online-accreditations, computer based test and examination as well as promotion-interview for officers in the Federal Service starting with Directorate level officers.

Talking about the maiden seminar, he disclosed that the event was convened to critically examine some of the first level issues and risks associated with the planned transition from analogue to online-computer based assessment processes as they touch on promotion exercise for Federal civil servants.

“We are not just looking at digitizing our online processes, computer based processes; we are also going to listen to some of the stakeholders who have been in this service, who have observed the way promotion are conducted”.

According to him, a lot of technical conversation will follow going-forward where some experts including Ministers that are doing well in computerization of their services will be invited to critique what the Commission is doing as part of due diligence to make sure that the Commission is doing the right thing.

He asserts that social-media orientation will be carried out where sets of media-clip will be made available to all civil servant to enable them to know the process for computer based assessment. He added that civil servants will also be taking through some orientation sessions conducted by the Head of Service in form of mock-test to prepare officers for 2024 promotion examination scheduled to hold in the 3rd quarter of this year.

Citing COVID19 pandemic as a case in point, he pointed out that ICT were used to work remotely from office seamlessly; saying that Commission will not be distracted by voices that believes that the initiative will not work. He stressed that the Commission will continue to perfect the process as the program is being deployed. He said, “We are going to do it whether we score 50 per cent or whatever”.

He informed that apart from digitization and computerization program being contemplated by the organization, there were other phases to be unveiled in due course which will be geared towards Commission’s reform plans once the endorsement of the President Ahmed Bola Tinubu is secured.

He emphasized that the Commission’s staff capacity and institutional structure need to be upgraded to sustain the momentum that various reform will create. He noted that as all efforts are channel to strengthen the professionalism of the Federal bureaucracy, the establishment of professionalized and modernized Federal Civil Service in line with the Renew-Hope Agenda of the government cannot be overemphasized.

The high point of the event was panelists/speakers presentations delivered by Mr. Ataboh Ademu-Director (Learning & Development)-OHCSF represented by an Asst. Director-Dr. Mohammed Bashir; Prof. Olugbenga D. Ojo-Director (Examination & Assessment-NOUN); Dr. Ahmed Dunoma Umar-Permanent Secretary-Fed. Min. of Youth Development; Mr. Olu O. Ilesanmi-Rtd Fmr. Permanent Secretary, Fed. Ministry and Mr. Mato Yusuf Abdullahi Director (ICT)-FCSC. This was followed by Q & A session.

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