Governor Dapo Abiodun has approved the release of year 2021/2022 promotion exercise for civil servants alongside payment of March and April 2023 leave bonuses in his bid to appreciate their professionalism, commitment to duty and enhance optimal performance.
Abiodun made this known during the year 2023 Public Service Day Celebration, with the theme Building Trust Through Service Delivery : The Pivotal Role of the Public Service at the Obas Complex, Oke-Mosan Abeokuta.
The Governor was represented by his Deputy, Engr Noimot Salako-Oyedele.
He said hat his administration considers civil servants important partners in progress, saying their welfare is sacrosanct.
Abiodun commended the harmonious working relationship that has continued to exist between the state government and the entire workforce, noting that his administration would not take it for granted.
He charged public servant to be dedicated and committed to the discharge of their duties as public service remains one of the avenues where integrity and good legacy are earned through adequate service delivery
Also Speaking the Vice Chairman Association of Retired Head of service and Permanent Secretaries, Mr Demola Badejo, said Ogun state civil service had been on the forefront, hence the need for public servants to keep upholding the tenets and rules guiding its operations.
He also implored the state government to provide the necessary tools and welfare packages for public servants in order to enable them perform optimally
Speaking on the theme; Building trust through service delivery: the pivotal role of the public service, the guest lecturer who was a former Oyo State head of service, Chief Tajudeen Aremu, enjoined the public servants to try and build trust to win the heart of their bosses and the public.
He said anonymity, impartiality/neutrality, objectivity and confidentiality are civil service ethics which will earn public servants more honour and respect from their bosses, politicians and the public if put into consideration, while also urging public servants to be guided by the public service rules and treat all matters promptly.
The practical steps to build trust through service delivery, according to the guest lecturer are; ‘studying government policy paper with a view to designing the successful implementation, periodical briefing of the HOS by agencies of government and working to a point of indispensability through total quality service, impacting on subordinate officers for service and integrity, being accurate with figures and data and maintaining integrity of the civil service and personal integrity of officers’.
In his contributions, Chairman Trade Union Congress (TUC) Comrade Hakeem Lasisi, said civil servants must be grateful to Almighty God for given them the grace to witness this year’s celebration, expressing optimism that the governor would address the current situation many public servants are facing as a result of the pronouncement of fuel subsidy.
Earlier in his welcome address, Ogun State Head of Service, Mr Kola Peter Fagbohun, said the annual public service day celebration was meant to celebrate the values and virtues of public service to society, noting that this year’s theme was carefully selected to further enable the public servants to comprehend their essence in their continued service delivery to government and members of the public.
While appreciating the Governor whom he described as worker friendly and purpose driven for his support and for approving this year’s celebration, he also congratulated the Governor on his assumption of office for the second term.
