Abuja (Office of the Head of Civil Service Report) – The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi has called on the Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN) to ensure that core civil servants in the country are properly trained and well equipped to enable them discharge their official responsibilities timely, effectively and efficiently to Nigerians.
The Head of Service gave the advice on Thursday October 2, 2014 during his familiarization tour of the Institute in Abuja. He added that since his assumption of office as the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, the PSIN and ASCON have been focused as important drivers of capacity building for the entire Federal Civil Service.
According to him, his priority in office is to ensure that the Civil Service regains its lost glory and this can only be achieved through leadership succession planning and capacity building of the entire workforce. He expressed optimism that with the facilities and caliber of resource persons found in the Institute ,this can be achieved.
Danladi Kifasi called on all Civil Servants to re-think on developing themselves, particularly in the area of Information Communication Technology as this will enable them compete globally. He noted that Civil Servants ought to be patriotic at all times, not only to the Government of the day. “Through this we would together move the country to greater heights,” he averred.
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