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RMAFC Patrners JAMB to Conduct DIrectorate Cadre Promotion Exams
Joel Ajayi
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), in collaboration with the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has conducted the year 2024 staff promotion exercise for officers on grade levels 14, 15, and 16 who have met the basic requirements to move to the next grade levels, 15, 16, and 17, respectively.
The newly introduced computer-based examination, which took place on Thursday, was held at the JAMB Professional Test Centre in Bwari, Abuja.
Hon. Ntufam Eyo Nsa Whiley, the Commissioner representing Cross River State in the Commission and Chairman of the Personnel Matters Committee, spoke about the exercise and stated that the decision to conduct a computer-based examination in conjunction with JAMB was based on the Plenary Session decision.
He explained that the essence of the CBT exams was to test the staff’s ability to discharge their duties in light of the organisation’s sensitive role.
He said, “The essence of the exercise is to test the competence of our officers, knowing that the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission is a strategic commission that is in charge of revenue monitoring, evaluation, and implementation of policies.”
“We had to do this exercise in order to test the competence of our officers, their professional competence, their abilities, and their knowledge of the rules and regulations,” he added.
The Secretary to the Board of the Commission, Nwaze Joseph Okechukwu, expressed satisfaction with the exercise and the conduct of the candidates. He disclosed that the decision to replace the orthodox method of conducting promotion exams in the Commission with the computer-based method came as one of the initiatives of the current Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Muhammed Bello Shehu, OFR, who is poised to move the organisation to greater heights.
Mr. Okechukwu expressed confidence in the exercise’s success and stated that, hopefully, all future commission promotion exams will be computer-based.
He said, “I am pleased with the staff’s conduct, and I believe that at the end of the day, everyone will be happy with the innovation.”
Mrs. Funmilola Fauziya P-Usman, the acting director of the ICT department at JAMB, maintained that her organization was accustomed to collaborating with both private and public agencies. She expressed happiness over the collaboration with RMAFC and hoped that the outcome would be satisfactory.
“I hope that we were able to meet and satisfy your needs because exam delivery is our business, and that’s what we’ve been doing for years.”We just thank God that we have been living up to expectations,” she said. “We hope that we met the expectations of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission.”The director praised the commission’s staff for their orderly behaviour during the exercise.
“They’ve conducted themselves well,” she added. “Actually, they’ve been acting like candidates, obeying the rules, and drawing attention when they need it, so we’ve not had any issues during the course of writing the examination.”
A cross-section of the candidates interviewed praised the commission for the exercise.One of the participants, Mr. Bashiru Aliyu, said, “Well, first of all, we thank the Commission for giving us this opportunity to test our intellectual capacities, and I feel so proud that I took part in the computer-based exam. I believe I am going to make it.
“I wish the Commission the best of everything, and I wish my colleagues the best of luck.”
Brenda Happiness, a participant from the Makurdi Zonal Office, expressed her appreciation for the computer-based exam and expressed her hope for its future use in promotion exams. They conducted the exercise well, making it a pleasant experience. I am very pleased with it. They have done well.
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Musawa Seeks Broader Significance for June 12
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Esq., says June 12 must be remembered as a sacrifice that gave Nigerians democracy, beyond its status as a public holiday.
In a statement signed on Saturday by the Senior Assistant Media & Publicity to the Honourable Minister,Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy Dr Nneka Ikem Anibeze Ph.D in Abuja.
Musawa stated this at the national premiere of “MKO”, a film on Chief Moshood Abiola, held at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, Lagos, to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary.
She said 33 years after June 12, 1993, many young Nigerians know it only as a holiday, but the film turns it back into memory.
“For too many young Nigerians, June 12 is simply a public holiday. This film tells them that our democracy did not arrive by chance. It was fought for. It was defended. It was paid for. This documentary is in honour of the heroes of June 12, the men and women who gave their lives for the mandate of June 12, 1993 and for the democracy Nigeria enjoys today,” the Minister said.
Musawa hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Host, for his participation in the June 12 struggle and paying the price in exile, adding that Nigeria’s creative industry will keep telling the story of its democracy with courage.
“Through film and the creative economy, Nigeria will preserve its history. A nation that forgets its past loses its way to the future. Nigeria has a story and our story deserves to be told,” she said.
Earlier, the director of the investigative documentary, Ose Oyamendan, said the film was in honour and memory of heroes who fought for Nigeria’s democracy.
“There was Hope ’93 and now there is Renewed Hope. There was a man who sacrificed his life so we may have democracy and there is a man who almost lost his life fighting for democracy who is now helping build a lasting democracy.
“There was a great man called Bashorun MKO Abiola and there is now another great man called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Democrats. Nationalists. Nation builders. Leaders of men and women. We must never forget our story. We must always honour and remember our heroes,” Oyamendan said.
Top government officials including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the wife of the President Senator Oluremi Tinubu; Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Chief of Staff to the President Rt. Femi Gbajabiamila, state Governors, members of the National Assembly, Ministers and other distinguished dignitaries attended the premiere.
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