Aruoriwo Ivovi/Azubike Okei
ASABA/Nigeria: Delta State Civil Servants have been told to abide by the essential principle of unalloyed loyalty while complementing the vision of the political masters in the state.
The state Head of Service (HOS), Mr. Reginald Bayoko stated this yesterday in Asaba while speaking with journalists shortly after he delivered a keynote address at the opening ceremony of a two-day Strategic Leadership Development and Teamwork Training for officers state public service.
Mr Bayoko stressed the need for civil servants to build and leverage on the existing cordial relationship between them and the political Class.
He urged civil servants to contribute dutifully towards the actualization of the agenda of government who has the mandate of the people to provide leadership and quality development.
While enjoining participants, mainly drawn from the top echelon of the service across various ministries, departments and agencies of government (MDAs), to shun personal sentiments, the HOS told them to at all times, abide, implement and defend the decisions of the government of the day.
“As Civil Servants you are obliged to offer opinion, no doubt, but after the opinion has gone through the rudiment of decision-making process, you are duty bound to abide by whatever decision that comes out it,” he said.
Also speaking, the Founder of Eka Consult Limited, Steph-Esther Mekwuye, said that the training exercise, being the fifth in its series, was organized to strengthen the capacity of the public service to serve society in better ways.
‘’Politicians come and go but the public service stays. The public service is actually what makes our nation run. So, what better way to add value than to improve their learning from time to time? This is why we are encouraging continuous training for a better public service,” Mrs Esther said.
While stating that the state government, through the Ministry of Economic Planning, in collaboration with Eka Consult, organized the training for 100 officers from across all the MDAs, the consultant expressed hope that more officers would be trained in the nearest future.
