Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, head of Civil Service of the Federation, has said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is poised to re-engineer the public Service to enable it render high quality service to the country.
Dr. Yemi-Esan stated this in her opening remarks at a Strategic Policy and Engagement Workshop on the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan, FCSSIP 2021 -2025 held for members of the National Assembly in Abuja.
The workshop, she explained, was part of the ongoing efforts by the Office of the Head of Service to promote inclusiveness and buy-in of stakeholders to ensure the successful actualization of the goals of developing a new civil service.
She added that the six priority areas of FCSSIP is important if Nigeria was to evolve a professional, efficient and merit-based workforce that is also accountable and responsive to needs of all citizens and other stakeholders.
She listed the six priority areas to include capacity building, Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System, IPPIS, innovation and culture change, performance management system as well as staff welfare.
The workshop, she explained, was being organized to apprise members of the National Assembly of the priority deliverables undertaken by the Office through a number of reforms and structures.
“The putting in place of these structures and mechanisms is sacrosanct if the country is to evolve a professional, efficient and merit- based workforce that is also accountable and responsive to the service needs of all citizens and other stakeholders” she added.
The Head of Service commended the National Assembly for its continued support to her Office, especially in the warm reception accorded to her delegation by the two committees on Establishment and Public Service Matters of the hallowed chambers each time she visited.