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The Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Prof. Tunji Olaopa, has said the first charge of the commission under his watch will be to make a scapegoat of corrupt elements soiling the image of the commission.
Olaopa said this while addressing reporters after President Bola Tinubu swore him and Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu in as chairmen of FCSC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), along with 11 other members of the commission.
The President had sworn them in ahead of the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House yesterday in Abuja.
Responding to a question on what he would do about corruption reports and cases in the civil service, Olaopa, who said he was disturbed by the situation, promised to work with security and law enforcement agencies to redeem the image of the FCSC.
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“Certainly, it’s very disturbing. The commission, by its conception, is supposed to be a beacon of integrity and those that founded it, our predecessors in the glorious days of the service, gave the Civil Service Commission a great name.
“So, I’m disturbed by the whole cash-and-carry reputation that the commission has become… For me, we will do everything possible, in collaboration with some of the intelligence and security agencies, to make a few scapegoats and communicate a new image for the service commission.
“That will be our first charge. We would all be committed to bring back values – institutional values – to the public service of Nigeria,” he said.
Also addressing reporters, Dr. Aliyu promised to lead the commission by example, to realise the Tinubu administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.