PFIPC: Group calls for automation of federal civil service

The Arewa Professional Forum has called on the Federal Government to expedite the adoption of digital governance and a paperless administration across all Ministries, Departments, and Agencies. The group believes recent developments concerning the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council underscore the urgent need to bolster institutional systems.

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The issues surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council should serve as a wake-up call for government institutions to eliminate manual processes that often create opportunities for delays, weak documentation and verification challenges.

In a statement, the forum's National President, Auwal Muhammed, emphasized that the problems surrounding the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council should serve as a "wake-up call" for government institutions to eliminate manual processes. These manual procedures, he noted, often lead to delays, weak documentation, and verification challenges.

The forum advocates for a focus on consolidating existing reforms rather than assigning blame. It praised the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, for her "transformation of the Federal Civil Service through digital innovation, automation and the drive towards a fully paperless public service." Over the past two years, her office has implemented ambitious public sector digital reform programs, including the Enterprise Content Management System and the 1-GOV Cloud Platform.

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The reforms are gradually replacing cumbersome paper-based procedures with secure digital platforms that promote transparency, accountability, efficient record management, faster decision-making and seamless inter-agency communication.

These reforms are gradually replacing cumbersome paper-based procedures with secure digital platforms. The forum stated that this shift promotes transparency, accountability, efficient record management, faster decision-making, and seamless inter-agency communication. A fully digitized system would significantly reduce administrative lapses by creating verifiable audit trails and strengthening institutional accountability.

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It is precisely because of challenges such as these that the Head of the Civil Service has consistently championed the vision of a technology-driven and paperless Federal Civil Service.