Oyo Govt Trains Newly Recruited, Converted Administrative Officers, other Senior Officers

The Oyo State Head of Service, Mrs Olubunmi Oni mni, has said that the present administration would continue with the capacity development programmes for civil servants in the State.

She stated this during the induction/training programme organized by the Office of the Head of Service held at the Local Government Service Training Centre, Secretariat, Ibadan.

She said over Five Thousand Senior and management staff have benefitted from local, national, and international training programmes since the inception of the current Government to enable them to attain best practices in governance and social-economic development.

The Head of Service commended Governor Seyi Makinde on the recruitment of about 23,000 workers in the State Civil/Public Service, rapid infrastructural developments, enforcement of rule of law, peace and security and the recent appointment of forty-five (45) Permanent Secretaries at one fell swoop are unprecedented.

Mrs Olubunmi Oni enjoined all Civil/Public Servants in the State to reciprocate these gestures through dedication, unalloyed loyalty and maximum cooperation towards swift realization of various laudable policies and programmes embedded in the Omituntun 2.0 Roadmap for Sustainable Development of the State.

She admonished the newly recruited and converted officers as well as serving officers to embrace hard work, honesty, punctuality and dedication to work, urging them to see their appointment as a very rare gesture from God and the present Government in the State.

She said “I congratulate you and also admonished you to abide by the oath of office which you swore to in the course of this 2-day capacity programme by ensuring that public interest is placed above personal interest as you navigate through the journey of the State Civil Service”.

She added that the present administration in the State under the leadership of Engr. Seyi Makinde is building a dynamic and virile public service where officers can compete favourably with their peers across the globe.

In his welcome address, the Permanent Secretary in the office of the Head of Service admonished all the participants to be loyal and dedicated at their various duty posts.

In his goodwill message, the Chairman, Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Kamorudeen Aderibigbe urged the newly recruited officers to familiarize themselves with the use of applications of the Public Service Rules and Regulations.

Abiodun Atilola
Media Officer to the SSG/HOS