President Bola Tinubu has implored Nigerian public servants to dwell as much as their expectations the place they need to all be accountable to the residents.
He urged them to all the time be guided by the truth that the nation’s public establishments usually are not private enterprises, and that, as public servants, they’re workers of the Nigerian individuals.
The President who made the statement on Saturday evening through the Nigeria Excellence Awards in Public Service (NEAPS) held at Banquet Corridor of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, restated his administration’s willpower “to creating an setting the place advantage is rewarded, and the place each public servant feels valued and motivated to provide their finest”.
This, he mentioned, isn’t just concerning the awards ceremony, however about embedding a tradition of recognition and reward within the ethos of the nation’s public service.
Tinubu who was represented by his deputy, Vice President Kashim Shettima on the occasion, in an announcement by his spokesman, Stanley Nkwocha famous that some loopholes are nonetheless being exploited by these saddled with the nation’s belief regardless of the institutional measures put in place to forestall any type of irregularities within the public service.
Delivering the President’s speech titled, “Honouring the Heartbeats of Public Service,” VP Shettima acknowledged, “Greater than ever, our public service should dwell as much as its expectation as a public belief the place each official should account to the individuals, and ours is to create an ecosystem the place they not solely stand out however stand other than those that sabotage us.
“Although we’ve got set in place institutional measures to forestall any type of dysfunction in our public service, there are nonetheless cracks typically exploited by these given the belief of the nation. However what we mustn’t ever get bored with doing is reminding ourselves that our public establishments usually are not private enterprises, and for that, every of us is an worker of the Nigerian citizen.”
Underlining the importance of the NEAPS, a personal sector initiative in partnership with the workplace of the Secretary to Authorities of the Federation (SGF), President Tinubu gave the initiative his full help, saying it’s strategic to encourage the majority of the nation’s workforce, “set benchmarks, and create a ripple impact of optimistic change all through our society”.
Based on him, “reward and recognition are the very markers of each thriving establishment, and certainly, the nation,” whilst he famous that “the essence of any profitable entity, whether or not a personal enterprise or public establishment, lies in its capacity to honour those that work to uphold its values and drive its progress.
“Our labour pressure stays the last word reflection of our ideas, as practised by women and men who rise every single day with a dedication to constructing a greater future for all residents. We due to this fact owe these silent architects of our nationwide progress greater than only a debt of gratitude”.
The President showered praises on Nigerian public servants, sustaining that their place have to be remembered in an effort to inspire them to encourage others and clarify “that excellence is just not an orphan”.
Past a mere ceremony to recognise the unsung heroes who maintain the wheels of presidency and society turning past expectations, President Tinubu mentioned NEAPS additionally performs an important function of introducing “extra function fashions to a nation looking for mentors and to inform the awardees that we see them, and the excellence with which they’ve served the nation.
“The 44 individuals we’re right here to honour set in movement a series of actions to construct a tradition of arduous work and dedication to noble ideas in our public service. We should additionally attempt to guarantee that the values which have set them aside are deeply ingrained in our tradition.
“There’s no higher approach to water this forest of excessive efficiency, integrity, and accountability than our collective refusal to underplay the efforts of those that labour day in and time out to carry our nation collectively,” he added.
Earlier in his welcome tackle, the SGF, George Akume, mentioned NEAPS recognises and rewards innovation, purposeful management and arduous work by distinctive people and organisations within the nation’s public service throughout all ranges of presidency and the non-public sector.
He defined that the method of choosing the honourees was primarily based on empirical details and figures which can be verifiable.
The SGF assured that efforts can be made to make sure the initiative is maintained as an everyday characteristic to inspire and encourage excellence within the nation’s public service.
He urged recipients to not relent of their efforts in direction of making Nigeria a extra affluent and progressive nation.
Among the many 44 individuals who clinched the Nigeria Excellence Awards in Public Service are Normal Abdulsalami Abubakar (Peace Constructing award); Senate President, Godswill Akpabio (Parliamentary Excellence award); Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas (Parliamentary Excellence award); Chief of Workers to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila (Management and Administration award), and Deputy Chief of Workers to the President (Workplace of the Vice President), Senator Ibrahim Hadejia (Administrator par Excellence award).
Governors Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara and Peter Ndubuisi Mbah of Enugu had been recognised for interventions in particular sectors of their respective states.
Others embrace FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike (Infrastructure Supply award, Federal); Central Financial institution of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Olayemi Cardoso (Financial Coverage Reforms award); President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Industrial Revolution award); former SGF, Boss Mustapha (Lifetime Achievement award), and Founder/Chairman of Zenith Financial institution, Chief Jim Ovia (Lifetime Achievement in Banking award), amongst others.
