President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed the Executive Vice Chairman of Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy (ISGPP), Bodija, Ibadan, Professor Tunji Olaopa as the chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission.
Olaopa, a professor of Public Policy at the Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, is a Nigerian political scientist, public administrator, and a retired federal permanent secretary.
Hailed from Aawe in Oyo State, Olaopa was born on December 20, 1959, to the family of Festus Adeyemo Olaopa and Beatrice Okebola.
Olaopa received a B. Sc degree in Political Science from the University of Ibadan (UI) in 1984 and an M. Sc in 1987 from the same institution. He obtained his PhD in Public Administration from the Commonwealth Open University, United Kingdom in 2006.
Eleven others were appointed along with the new FCSC’s chairman.
According to the information from the presidency, as one of fourteen Federal Executive Bodies into which Section 154 of the Nigerian Constitution (1999, Amended) empowers the president to appoint its Chairman and members, Tinubu approved the appointment of the following Nigerians to serve in the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), subject to the confirmation of the Nigerian Senate:
(1) Prof. Tunji Olaopa — Chairman
(2) Dr. Daudu Ibrahim Jalo — Member (Representing Adamawa | Gombe | Taraba)
(3) Ms. Gekpe Grace Isu — Member (Representing Akwa Ibom | Cross River)
(4) Dr. Chamberlain Nwele — Member (Representing Anambra | Ebonyi | Enugu)
(5) Mr. Rufus N. Godwins — Member (Representing Rivers | Delta | Bayelsa)
(6) Dr. Adamu Hussein — Member (Representing Niger | FCT)
(7) Mr. Aminu Nabegu — Member (Representing Jigawa | Kano)
(8) Ms. Hindatu Abdullahi — Member (Representing Kaduna | Katsina)
(9) Mr. Shehu Aliyu — Member (Representing Kebbi | Sokoto | Zamfara)
(10) Ms. Odekunle Rukiyat Aduke — Member (Representing Kogi | Kwara)
(11) Mr. Jide Jimoh — Member (Representing Lagos | Ogun)
(12) Dr. Festus Oyebade — Member (Representing Osun | Oyo)
Upon confirmation, the new FCSC leadership is expected to commence work with effect from November 30, 2023, following the expiration of the tenure of the current Federal Civil Service Commission Chairman and membership on November 29, 2023.
The President anticipates that the new FCSC leadership will competently facilitate the transformation, reorientation, and digitization of the Federal Bureaucracy to enable, and not stifle, growth and enhanced private sector participation in the development of the Nigerian economy, in full adherence to the Renewed Hope Agenda of his administration.
