By Mashe Umaru Gwamna
Federal ministry Housing and Urban Development has won three awards from Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), SERVICOM and Sporting Awards for serving delivery .
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, urged members of staff to build on the current momentum to strengthen the Ministry’s service culture in order to sustain its position as a reference point for excellence in public service delivery.
A statement signed and issued by Director Press and Public Relations, Badamasi S Haiba, said Dangiwa made the call against the backdrop of the various awards won by the ministry, including OHCF, SERVICOM and Sporting events.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, received the HCSF “Go Live Category Award” for transiting his ministry to paperless operation.
Under Dr. Belgore, the ministry adopted the full implementation of the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) operations on the 30th of September 2025, signalling the departure from paper operations.
ECM, is a part of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021-2025 (FCSSIP25), a reform blueprint designed to digitise the federal bureaucracy and transform the civil service into a world-class entity by 2025.
Other awards won by the housing ministry are; 2nd Best Ministerial SERVICOM Unit (Ministry Team A), Permanent Secretary’s award for strengthening Servivom operations across the ministry as a very supportive CEO.
