From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja
The minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekun Adegbite, during the 2022 Civil Service Week celebration in Abuja, yesterday urged civil servants to be dedicated to duty for improved productivity.
Adegbite expressed satisfaction working with staff of the ministry due to their commitment to duty which he stressed should be sustained to take the ministry to enviable heights.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, MMSD, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, earlier in her remarks revealed that efforts were on to ensure that the ministry blaze a trail in the service-wide project of work-process automation.
“She has vigorously pursued the full implementation of the new Performance Management System through training of various categories of officers. This is complemented by the deployment of the Human Resource Module of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, the Federal Civil Service Strategy Implementation Plan and the reinforcement of the Innovation Division in all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs.
“LEAD-P and SMART-P trainings have also been consistently carried out to realise this laudable vision of the HCSF.
“MMSD is among the first set of MDAs to receive these facilities and efforts are on to ensure that we blaze a trail in the service-wide project of work-process automation. We have achieved a major improvement in the ACTU rating from about 26.5% to 74.5% compliance and have also surpassed our revenue projections,” Akinlade said.
The PS added that efforts had also been made within the ministry’s limits of available resources to provide facilities that would enhance productivity and welfare of Staff, adding that in that regard, “we now have a clinic that can provide basic health services to all staff to ensure that our health is given the priority that it deserves”.
She said many may be unaware that within the few months of operation of the clinic, health crises had been averted for some staff just through routine check by the medical team in the clinic.
“Also, we can easily see the massive deployment of ICT infrastructures within office complex aimed at achieving the full automation of the work processes in the ministry,” she added.
Congratulating the members of management and staff of the ministry on week-long activities being commemorated, Akinlade craved their indulgence over the delay in the commemoration which was being held this week instead of last week that was officially set aside to mark the event, adding that it was due to exigencies of duty.
“Since 1999 when the African Union, AU, set aside 23rd June, as the “Africa Public Service Day, APSD, Nigeria has consistently
commemorated the day annually with series of activities and we are grateful to God for the opportunity to be part of this year’s event.
“In her characteristic style of celebrating civil servants, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation approved a full package of week-long activities for this year including Jumat and Church Services, Keep-fit/aerobics session, a Town-hall Meeting and Special Awards to selected officers for outstanding performance,” she continued.
She added that the occasion also affords the opportunity to specially acknowledge members of staff that have distinguished themselves through outstanding performance.