I am writing this letter to you our renewed hope President on the recent happenings in the Federal capital territory administration and this has to do with the issue regarding who is the chief accounting officer of the Federal capital territory administration when it is clear to all that the present most senior director of the FCTA in the absence of a permanent secretary is according to the provisions in the civil service rule supposed to have proceeded on his pre-retirement leave.
The most senior director in the Federal capital territory administration is supposed according to the rules to have since proceeded on his pre retirement leave because he has less than eight weeks to his retirement and this Mr President, made it necessary for him to leave office for the next most senior director to take charge till your administration do the needful by the appointment of a permanent secretary .It is known all over the world that the civil service is hierarchical in nature and this made seniority the major pillar of succession when it comes to occupation of certain offices like that of the chief accounting officer of any ministry, department and agencies,(MDA’s).
Mr President, your administration came to office with a message of renewed hope and we the citizen have it as a duty to help in making your administration change mantra become a reality and most importantly, a rapid departure from the past when sloganeering and wishful thinking becomes the order of the day and that is why I am writing you this open letter. In the face of the civil service rule today, all actions taken by the most senior director after the date in the face of the rules are null and void.
Mr President. I hope that in this dispensation your message that there should be no sacred cows or an exception to the rules are carried out to the letter by your expeditious directives to the head of the civil service of the federation that this issue must be thoroughly investigated and the right thing done immediately.
We trust your commitment to making the civil service which is the heartbeat of our nation one of the best bureaucracy’s in Africa and the world in general in the implementation of the government’s policies and programmes. Building a veril and morally upright workforce is one which importance cannot be over emphasized.
Comrade Jacob Simon
Abuja
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