Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology, Dr. Tunji Olaopa, has called for a change in the bureaucratic culture within the civil service to give a new logic of open government to the system.

Written by: Tunji Olaopa (Published in: See Source) THE title of this piece happens to be the title of my forthcoming publication, previewed in this piece. The publication is a synthesis of the outputs of my research in the last 20 years and therefore presents my ideas and proposals on what needs to be done to get the civil service capability ready to competently and effectively backstop the transformation of the national economy. The ideas and proposals are also targeting the transformation of the civil service as an institution so it could assume a world-class status. The book, with a befitting foreward written by the elder statesman, Dr. Christopher Kolade, is being published by Bookcraft.

The civil service in Nigeria has emerged over the years as the most critical and crucial part of national development and democratic stability. The Nigerian Civil Service consists of employees in Nigerian government agencies other than the military. Most employees are career civil servants in the Nigerian ministries, progressing based on qualifications and seniority. Recently the head of the service has been introducing measures to make the ministries more efficient and responsive to the public.

On the face of it, public administration is usually taken to mean “the planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling of government operations.” This conception would very often direct and tend to limit attention to the institutions of public administration vis-à-vis their design, structure, managers and their capacity to do what they are designed to do. But a much more robust view of the concept would also involve the context, or what could be variously described as the ecology, within which those activities referred to as public administration

The centenary of the founding of the Nigerian state is something to be celebrated. But more than that, it calls for deep and profound reflection for the simple reason that a hundred years is a life time. Whatever may be the shades of opinions on the preparation for the celebration of this event, no one will doubt its momentous nature. There is therefore the urgent need to insert reflective thought into the celebrations. James Baldwin gives us a critical insight: ‘There is never a time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment, the time is always now.’

Ezekwesili canvasses competent civil service for FG’s reforms – On 24th June, 2015, Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, yesterday, said the vision to reform the country will require a civil service with character, capacity and competence where the operatives are not immune to changes

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Our Civil Service at the Sill of the Future, By Tunji Olaopa, February 13, 2014 – Premium Times

Not many Nigerians were stunned recently when revelations came to light that a cartel in the federal civil service made up of senior officers, as well as others from the ranks, tagged ‘budget mafia’ had smuggled items into the budget proposal submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari amounting to about N1.7 trillion.

Our Civil Service at the Sill of the Future, By Tunji Olaopa – February 13, 2014 Premium Times

Federal Government to create 700,000 Jobs in 2016 – In a Facebook message posted on his wall yesterday, Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo said the Federal Government will create 3 million jobs in the next three years starting from this year.

Strenghtening Professionalism in the Public Service: An African Context and Perspectiver – In the twenty-first century, the idea of public administration has been under constant interrogation from the principles and