Civil servants as individuals who help in implementing various policies, plans and programmes of government should be celebrated to underscore their vital roles in entrenching good governance and motivate them to be unrelenting. Ogun State Head of Service, Mrs. Modupe Adekunle made this assertion today in Abeokuta while featuring on a television programme to mark the 2013 Civil Service Day celebration in the State.
According to Mrs. Adekunle, setting aside a day to celebrate the workers became imperative for the generality of the people to acknowledge that the services they were enjoying were provided by some set of people who deserved to be encouraged to perform better.
The number one Civil Servant acknowledged that various programmes put together for the celebration had helped discover talents especially in the area of art and sports enjoining the workers to participate actively in the remaining programmes lined up. Speaking on the theme of the celebration, “Enhancing Accountability, Transparency and Integrity within the Civil Service”, Mrs. Adekunle emphasized that it aimed at reminding civil servants to shun all acts of corruption, saying that its violation would be met with severe punishment.
She reiterated government’s commitment to training and retraining, improved welfare packages for better performance adding that retirees’ welfare would also not be left unattended to for a stress free retirement.
The Head of Service however charged the civil servants to continue being dedicated, honest and non-partisan which are some of the qualities and ethics that make the State civil service a reference point among its peers
Via: Ogun State Government - Official Press Release