The Federal Government has emphasised on the importance of training and re-training of civil servants, especially through Public Private Partnership (PPP) for efficient service delivery.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha, made the call at a Workshop and Fellowship Induction of Integrated Institute of Professional Management (IIPM), in Abuja.
Mustapha said the workshop was a free advanced leadership development and fellowship Induction for 100 participants in the category of directors, deputy directors and assistant directors of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
He further stated that the workshop, which was organised by the institute, was tailored toward providing the participants with contemporary leadership qualities which would definitely produce measurable impacts on economy.
According to him, both the government and the private organisations have realised that training offers the only way of developing employee skills and capacity for better delivery of public services.
The SGF said the workshop was a welcome development as it strived to address issues on management challenges in the civil service.
He added that the workshop would offer highest cadre of the civil service the requisite skills and competence to carry out their duties effectively. The SGF went on to say, the Federal Government was ready to collaborate with the institute for effective service delivery, urging the participants to take the workshop seriously for a better understanding of good management.
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, said the workshop would assist to maintain management ethical standards and championing the advancement of knowledge in the service.
Yemi-Esan said that the OHCSF had initiated various reforms, policies, cultures and systems into the civil service to replace inefficient ways of doing things in the service.
She, however, appreciated the IIPM for organising the workshop, adding that the effort would improve tremendously in the service delivery.
The Director-General, National Productivity Centre, Dr Kashim Akor, said that the essence of the workshop was in the pursuit of continuous improvement in the area of capacity building for economic development.
Akor said, for any organisation to function efficiently, it required human intervention, adding that the workshop provided an opportunity for networking and exchanging of knowledge.
He urged the participants to be dedicated, firm and fair in the discharging of their duties, adding that such commitment would bring about effective service delivery.
The Executive Director, IIPM, Mr Eburuche Banito, said that the institute wanted to build a sustainable capacity that would help the civil servants improve in their productivity.
Also, Mr Francis Binuyo, Accreditation Curriculum Development Centre for Management Development, said that the objective of the workshop was to improve the productivity of the participants in their various fields.
Binuyo said that the workshop would as well help the participants see perspectives of how their roles in policy implementation, formulation and development would translate to tangible result, thereby achieving effective service delivery.
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