Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved a training programme for Permanent Secretaries and other top management officers in the public and civil service at the Oba (Dr) Sikiru Kayode Adetona School of Governance Studies (OSKASOGS) located at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, taken over and operated by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos.
The State Head of Service, Mr Kehinde Onasanya, who disclosed this in a statement, said the one-week intensive training programme would be for Permanent Secretaries, Principals-General, General Managers and other top echelon of the Service while other grade levels and cadres would follow later.
Onasanya said: “Prince Abiodun had, during a meeting with the Director of the School, Professor Sola Adeyanju, mni, described NIPSS as the highest think tank and capacity building institution for top decision-makers in the country and gave a firm assurance that the State Government would maximally explore the benefits offered by the Institution’s presence in Ogun State to build the capacity of its workforce. The Governor urged the Institute to come up with a curriculum in this regard.
“His Excellency is grateful to His Royal Majesty, the Awujale of Ijebu land, Oba ( Dr) Sikiru Kayode Adetona, GCON, for establishing the School of Governance Studies at the Olabisi Onabanjo University and also thanked the Federal Government for approving its take-over by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, the highest training Institute for public governance in Africa.
“Mr Governor has indeed declared that the School for Governance Studies is not only a blessing to Ogun State but to the entire South West States and country.”
He also explained that the approval for the training was in fulfillment of the promise Governor Abiodun made during the inauguration of NIPSS-OSKASOGS that the Permanent Secretaries in Ogun would be the first set of students to be enrolled for courses at the School Institute, urging the NIPSS to come up with a suitable curriculum for these top management officers and other levels and cadres.
According to him, the intensive training programme for the Permanent Secretaries is expected to commence in the second week of April, while civil servants on GL 13 – 17 will also be trained based on a well-structured curriculum put in place by NIPSS-OSKASOGS.