From David Onuoja, Abuja
The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has charged Civil servants to align themselves with the new philosophy of the civil service rules in the Ministry.
In a press statement by the director of the ministry, Florence Dibiaezue -Eke, said, the ministry sees it as important to inaugurate the Performance Management System, which was fashioned to produce the best out of the Nigerian official workforce.
Chief Adelabu made the call recently at the formal inaugural ceremony of the ministry’s Performance Management System (PMS), held at the Minister’s conference hall, Power headquarters, Abuja.
The Minister, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mamman Mahmuda, in his speech, said that, Civil Servants have the duty and responsibility of ensuring that government policies and programmes were faithfully and effectively implemented so that such policies and programmes meet the needs and the expectations of the people.
According to him, “This program came into existence some few years back and it is designed to ensure that we meet certain requirements in the performance and discharge of our duties as civil servants.
“The Head of Service of the Federation must be commended in this endeavors and we must all submit ourselves to the letters of this schedule, designed to get the best out of us in the discharge of our services to our father land.
“On behalf of the Honourable Minister, who is unavoidable absent, I am delighted to inaugurate the Ministry’s chapter of the PMS Working Team.
“Today is indeed historic and we must put all the structures needed for the System to function well”, he said.
The Permanent Secretary, in his own remarks, noted that the PMS was officially designed to provide working schedule, setting targets, providing on-going support for employees, and measuring expectations, if sincerely and judiciously adhered to, will greatly help in improving the standard of the Civil Service of the Nation.
