FCTA Begins Promotion Exams for 8,000 Workers on Tuesday
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) will on Tuesday commence Computer-Based Test (CBT) promotion examinations for 8,000 staff across 165 different cadres in the Administration and the Federal Capital Development Authority.
The Chairman of the FCT Civil Service Commission, Emeka Ezeh, made the announcement in a statement on Sunday. He said the exams will run for five days, starting from Tuesday, November 25, to Saturday, November 29, 2025, at the National Open University Study Centre along Kubwa Road, Abuja.
“More than 8,000 civil servants in the Federal Capital Territory Administration will sit promotion examinations this week,” the statement read.
Ezeh explained that the new promotion exercise follows the approval of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, who authorised the swift conclusion of the 2024 promotion cycle as part of “staff motivation.”
“He said the FCT Minister, as part of staff motivation, approved the request of the FCT Civil Service Commission to quickly conclude the 2024 promotion exercise of FCT/FCDA workers across all cadres,” the statement added.
The Chairman further stated that the promotion will be conducted using the CBT format, deepening the newly introduced digital platform for promotion examinations earlier approved by the minister.
This development comes months after the release of results from the first-ever CBT promotion examination conducted on August 12, 2025, which saw 49 deputy directors promoted to the rank of director. That exercise was designed to clear the backlog of promotion arrears from 2023 to 2025 for workers on Grade Level 16.
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