By Stanley Onyekwere
The FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, has charged civil servants to evolve policies that would reposition the entire civil service and strengthen good governance.
Bello gave the charge at the 43rd meeting of the National Council on Establishments (NCE) held recently, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.
He also commended civil servants particularly those from the nation’s capital for working tirelessly in the last three decades in beautifying and building the capital city of the dream of the founding fathers.
Bello hinted that the Civil Service of the Federation was a bastion of stability and solidity upon which successive governments relied on for formulation and implementation of policies, as well as extant rules.
He added that as the custodian of institutional memory, civil servants are in the best position to reposition the service with a view to impacting positively on the quality of governance.
The Minister, who declared the meeting open, charged participants to use the opportunity of the interaction to boost their knowledge.
He therefore commended the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folasade Yemi-Esan for bringing about revolutionary changes in the Service and urged all Civil Servants to do their best in implementing the tremendous changes.
Urging the participants to evolve useful recommendations through their deliberations, Bello called on the Heads of Civil Service of States to also introduce positive changes in their respective states to improve the life of Nigerians.
Earlier, the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Folasade Yemi-Esan, said the meeting is an annual event aimed at brainstorming on matters affecting governance at all levels.
Yemi-Esan also reiterated commitment to earlier resolutions that only academic qualifications should be used for appointment into civil service.
She encouraged Civil Servants to engage in information Communication and Technology, ICT and Agricultural value Chain.
She further hinted that the office of the Head of Service is Committed in partnering with all the Head of Service across the thirty six states of the Federation to enable them key into new policies of government.
Other past resolutions of the meeting according to the Head of Service of the Federation included provision that five percent of employment opportunities in the federal civil service should be reserved for physically challenged persons.
Also speaking, the Chairman of Senate Committee on establishment and Public Service, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, charged civil servants to remain committed to exemplary conduct.
Shekarau further revealed that all Civil Service across the thirty six states of the Federation are the engine room of any successive government.
