Federal civil service commences new leadership and succession planning process.

[FMINigeria]

                        The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji has said that a new leadership management and succession planning process aimed at the sustenance of effective and efficient service delivery is being developed in the Federal Civil Service.

The Head of Service disclosed this in Abuja when he declared open a one-day workshop on "Leadership Management and Succession Planning in the Federal Civil Service", jointly organized by the Service Policies and Strategies Office in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and the Department for International Development (DFID)'s Federal Public Administration Reform (FEPAR) programme.

Represented at the occasion by the Permanent Secretary, Service Policies and Strategies Office, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, the Head of Service said that for Nigeria to achieve her vision of building a world-class civil service, it must develop a process that will help in putting in place appropriate leadership management and succession planning modalities.

Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji said further that, "The civil service we crave for in Nigeria is one that is highly professional, performance-driven and anchored on stewardship to the people." He implored participants to see the civil service as an essential pillar of a modern state that must continue to renew and re-invigorate itself to meet up with the contemporary world challenges.

According to the Head of Service, the workshop was designed not only to acquaint staff of the newly created Department of Leadership and Succession Planning in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation with its mandates and functions, but also to deliberate on the leadership challenges of the Federal Civil Service and come up with implementable management planning and succession planning models.

Earlier in his goodwill message, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters, Senator Aloysius Etok assured that the Senate, through the Committee, will continue to partner and support the Federal Civil Service in its current reforms efforts which are aimed at delivering effective and efficient services to the people of Nigeria.

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