{"id":76664,"date":"2025-10-14T11:58:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=76664"},"modified":"2025-10-14T11:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:59:50","slug":"fg-calls-for-overhaul-of-civil-service-disciplinary-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/14\/fg-calls-for-overhaul-of-civil-service-disciplinary-system\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Calls for Overhaul of Civil Service Disciplinary System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Prof. Tunji Olaopa, has called for a comprehensive review of the civil service disciplinary system to promote culture change, value reorientation, and faster resolution of disciplinary cases.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by the FCSC\u2019s Head of Press, Taiwo Hassan, Olaopa made the call during a joint retreat between the commission and the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF).<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the need for better coordination between both institutions, describing them as \u201cSiamese twins\u201d with interlinked responsibilities that sometimes cause operational conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Olaopa said the retreat aimed to strengthen collaboration, communication, and problem-solving while aligning merit-based recruitment, performance management, and pay structures to rebuild public trust.<\/p>\n<p>Head of the Civil Service, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, represented by Esther Walson-Jack, commended the FCSC\u2019s reforms, including Computer-Based Tests for promotions and merit-driven recruitment, as steps toward transparency and efficiency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith The Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Prof. Tunji Olaopa, has called for a comprehensive review of the civil service disciplinary system to promote culture change, value reorientation, and faster resolution of disciplinary cases. In a statement by the FCSC\u2019s Head of Press, Taiwo Hassan, Olaopa made the call [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":76665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76664"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76667,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76664\/revisions\/76667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}